Wreck Update (Patreon)

Updates on the post wreck stuff:

I had surgery to fix my nose on the 30th. They couldn't fix my orbital without risking moving the shattered pieces of it from a blood supply so they opted to not operate on that. Post surgery was a nightmare, I couldn't sleep well, or eat much or keep my eyes open really at all. The pain meds they gave me weren't strong enough, so I had to cycle other pain killers in with my routine. Taking the gauze out Friday was an EXCRUCIATING experience because part of it got stuck behind my stint and was pulling on it which in turn felt like my brain was being ripped out of my skull. I had to be held by my aunt and scream cried as I pulled 6 INCHES out of my face (this is after already pulling 20 inches out prior).

Today I went for my 8 day check up and they removed my external splint. I have 2 stints still sewn into my nose that will be removed next Wednesday. My nose isn't as crooked anymore, but still really swollen. 

The girl who hit me only had liability insurance, (25k here in IL) and I had full coverage. So I have a little more than that to cover my medical bills (which I am SURE will be a LOT since I had 2 ambulance rides - one was 40 mins long) a TON of scans / xrays...plus doctor visits and surgery...) and I need to get another car. We won't know how the bills play out and what insurance will / won't cover until after they ALL come in. We have only had 2 bills in thus far (a $573 CT scan bill and a $1,019 ER doctor bill)...the whole thing is a nightmare.

A local art group reached out and are in the process setting up a GoFundMe to help gather money to put towards another car, and help offset the money I am loosing from not having worked in 2 weeks and all of the hours I am going to lose this month...I feel REALLY weird about GoFundMe...I hate asking for help. But until these bills come in I have no idea what I am looking at for what I will be responsible for. If I end up having more money than I need to pay for bills / car / food / living expenses than I am going to donate the remaining to some safe driving charity.

I am getting back to "normal" as far as my attention span / exhaustion goes. So I will be working on the rewards from last month and this month in the coming weeks! Get those into me please! :)

Thanks everyone for the good vibes...I am almost through this. Physically anyway.