Hello! Once again, my silly little body is receiving A Trial, nay, An Organized Revolt via its local population (Gut Bacteria Cohort and The Immune Lobby) and while I’m normally like “yaaay I love rebellion against The Man, tear them limb from limb” I am. Unfortunately. The Man. They also hired mercs or like, sent the gut bacteria to stage a simultaneous uprising in my lungs??? Which had!!! NOTHING to do with this!!! And I need to figure out why they’re all mad so we all remain Housed (body’s microorganism residents) and Alive (the Jello of my Brain, The Wet Mess Of The Self).
Anyway I need to be shot into the emergency room and for only $10 USD (2 orders of crabs) or less, you can contribute to the fancy gurney that they’ll strap me onto. It’s going to be like an international mattress jousting competition in those Lysol’d halls. I’m ineligible for aaaaaaany assistance so far, due to stuff explained at the link, and I have no insurance coverage, and I live in that hellscape of the United States Of America, where everything costs too much and the lives don’t matter. So if you wanna lube up the wheels on this race to Not Get Sepsis consider sharing the link, reblogging, or donating!
oh ok the goal was. met. In 2 hours. I’m crying into my hands, thank you all so much. The world is full of love and it’s bc everybody makes it that way
Even though the goal is met, with no insurance, 2000 dollars is not going to cover much of anything, not even the entirety of the ER visit. My sibling set a low goal because they did not expect much of a response. A real estimate is probably somewhere in the 18000 dollar range at LEAST. If you could help them meet their stretch goals (and you will see why they are super duper fucked from all angles by the healthcare system and the government if you read their gofundme description!), by reblogging and sharing and even if you know a specialist in the industry or someone in disability law, charity funding etc, pls let us know! Please help keep my sibling alive.
Oh, the goal was set at $2,000 because it is Literally meant to just get me into the building. It’s not even for receiving care and tests, those are the intake fees.
ALTI didn’t expect it getting funded that quickly or fully, true, but more in a “I gave myself a week of lead time so that whatever was donated could be transferred + seeing if the respiratory thing clears up on its own” way. The If I Die, I Die approach.
I’ve seen my previous bills for ER visits before insurance covered it and uh. I will be honest. $18,000 is not even ¼ of those numbers. So I’d rather make sure people are able to eat and afford their own rent and medical care before even Considering denting that brick wall of medical debt.
