Help my mom, Catherine King
<p><strong>I need your help :(</strong> I have been diagnosed with <strong>Osteomyelitis</strong> a <em>Streptococcus</em> <strong>Bone Marrow Infection</strong>. I will need treatment for the next <strong>2 to 3 months</strong> I pride myself as a person who is extremely outgoing, and positive. I used to do a lot with my daughter and now I cannot. About 8 months ago I started having 100’F to 101’F fever everyday as well as fatigue. After 3 months of this, pain was added to my list of symptoms & I found a cavity in my back molar so I went to the dentist. He performed an emergency root canal and gum surgery. After the root canal my symptoms surprisingly got WORSE, Pain, fatigue and eventually sepsis in my body. Despite trying 6 simple antibiotics my infection continued to worsen. We discovered the molar was fractured during the root canal, allowing the infection had spread to my jaw bone. After a CT-Scan and almost 30 vials of blood I finally had a diagnosis.. I have <strong>DENTAL OSTEOMYELITIS,</strong> which is a Bone Infection and if not treated can kill me. My white count is too low to travel and I have already spent a little over $5500 on the wrong treatment. Now I NEED to Correct treatment. I am desperate to live, be healthy again and be there and do things with my daughter! She's a teenager and really needs her mother in her life!</p> <p>This is why I am asking for help, any help please. I haven’t been able to work in over 7 months and my daughter is starting high school in a little over a month from now. She needs her mom healthy and strong. I DON'T have Dental Insurance and only Basic medical insurance which won't cover this treatment. The only medication left to treat this for me is IV-Vancomycin.</p> <p><strong>Medication only: Vancomycin IV $15,000</strong></p> <p><strong>Outpatient IV treatment: cost $13,552 per patient</strong></p> <p><strong>Dental jaw surgery: $7000++</strong></p> <p><strong>CT-Scan $785.00</strong></p> <p><strong>Doctors appts and Previous treatments: $5500</strong></p> <p><strong>Estimated Cost for my recovery: $41,837.00++</strong></p> <p><strong>It doesn't matter if its $10, $25 or $100</strong> every little bit helps. And if you cannot afford to donate, please will you email it or post this on various social networking tools to spread the word for me?</p> <p><strong>My recovery will be long and costly much more than I am asking. The goal is only set at $10,000, but I'm hoping for more donations to cover all my medical bills from Osteomyelitis....but anything will help!! Thank you for reading..I appreciate anything you can do! xo</strong></p>