JScullin
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This past Sunday my cousin was in a serious accident. He hit some black ice while driving home and went into a telephone pole hard enough to split it.
He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition with a shattered liver (a 6 on the scale of 1-5 doctors said), broken ankle and many cuts. While in his second surgery to repair the liver his kidney's failed on him and he was literally down to minutes before the doctors stabilized him only to then have a lung collapse. He pulled through briefly only to have an infection hit him and fluid filled his other lung thus causing both to collapse. On top of this his pancreas has started leaking.
For a normal person to survive the damage he's suffered is in the 1%. On top of him being a hemophiliac it's practically a death sentence. The operations to continue opening him up require a significant amount of a medicine called Factor which helps him clot. When he was brought into the hospital they practically exhausted their supply just to stop his bleeding. So for him to have gotten this far he has already beaten the odds, but he is still in critical condition.
Right now he currently has no health insurance so the medical bill for the treatment he has received, and the weeks of recovery ahead of him is going to be astronomical. So I'm posting this on several websites (NECO, CEG, NoNewbs, FinalGear) asking friends to donate anything they can. I know it's financially tight for everyone, but this is one of those things where if many people donated just a little it can add up big.
I appreciate anything you guys can do. Truly.
- John
Send donations to:
Rob Boulay Fund
*On the back of the check, where your signature would normally go, write "for deposit only"
*If you will be mailing anything for deposit into the account, Please address the envelope to:
Stoneham Bank
80 Montvale Ave
Stoneham Ma 02180
attn: Christine Frykberg
If you want to do more or want to get in touch w/those in charge of the donations please PM me for their contact info or through the Facebook group.
If you want to add something in the memo like saying it was from here that'd be awesome just to see the support. Thanks everyone.
He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition with a shattered liver (a 6 on the scale of 1-5 doctors said), broken ankle and many cuts. While in his second surgery to repair the liver his kidney's failed on him and he was literally down to minutes before the doctors stabilized him only to then have a lung collapse. He pulled through briefly only to have an infection hit him and fluid filled his other lung thus causing both to collapse. On top of this his pancreas has started leaking.
For a normal person to survive the damage he's suffered is in the 1%. On top of him being a hemophiliac it's practically a death sentence. The operations to continue opening him up require a significant amount of a medicine called Factor which helps him clot. When he was brought into the hospital they practically exhausted their supply just to stop his bleeding. So for him to have gotten this far he has already beaten the odds, but he is still in critical condition.
Right now he currently has no health insurance so the medical bill for the treatment he has received, and the weeks of recovery ahead of him is going to be astronomical. So I'm posting this on several websites (NECO, CEG, NoNewbs, FinalGear) asking friends to donate anything they can. I know it's financially tight for everyone, but this is one of those things where if many people donated just a little it can add up big.
I appreciate anything you guys can do. Truly.
- John
Send donations to:
Rob Boulay Fund
*On the back of the check, where your signature would normally go, write "for deposit only"
*If you will be mailing anything for deposit into the account, Please address the envelope to:
Stoneham Bank
80 Montvale Ave
Stoneham Ma 02180
attn: Christine Frykberg
If you want to do more or want to get in touch w/those in charge of the donations please PM me for their contact info or through the Facebook group.
If you want to add something in the memo like saying it was from here that'd be awesome just to see the support. Thanks everyone.