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Help Julieta pay for spinal decompression surgery at Fayetteville Community Hospital
After a hernia that has become strangulated, Julieta was cleared for spinal decompression surgery, but the bill is more than we can manage.
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Julieta was diagnosed with a hernia that has become strangulated in June. The surgeon at Fayetteville Community Hospital recommended spinal decompression surgery, and She is scheduled for September. The hospital's financial office gave us a written estimate of $9,500, and after what my insurance will pay we're still $7,600 short.
my wife has been in and out of Fayetteville Community Hospital since June. The doctors say a hernia that has become strangulated will get worse without spinal decompression surgery. We have emptied our savings and borrowed from relatives, but the estimate of $9,500 is more than we can find.
While we wait, Julieta struggles with daily life and can't lift anything heavy. Her family has taken turns caring for her, and I've cut my own work hours to be there.
The recovery period is expected to take about 3 weeks. During that time Julieta won't be able to lift anything heavy, so the costs keep growing.
I'll pay the hospital and pharmacy directly and post every receipt in the updates section.
Where the $7,600 goes:
• Surgeon and anesthesia fees: $3,200
• Hospital stay (4 nights): $2,750
• Pre-operative tests and imaging: $460
• Post-operative medication: $400
• Physiotherapy sessions: $350
• Travel and lodging for the family: $440
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- due date
- 2026-10-17
- bill type
- Hospital invoice
Updates from Mauricio
Small update. $2,928 so far, we've started the first stage.
- Manisha Parvati Gurung 🇳🇵 · $5
“Hope it all works out. My brother told me about this one. - Bhaktapur”
- Anthony J. Prescott 🇺🇸 · $50
- Tarun C. Anand 🇮🇳 · $75
- Lorena E. Romero 🇦🇷 · $10
“Hope things get better. Hope the October deadline works out. - Mar del Plata”
- Ruslan Bohdan Havrylenko 🇺🇦 · $7
- Janhavi T. Shah 🇮🇳 · $20
- Ezra Ware 🇬🇧 · $6
- Dhanush G. Raju 🇮🇳 · $10
- Ravi K. Varadarajan 🇮🇳 · $50
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- Kylie B. Barnett 🇺🇸 · $20
- Ye-jin Soo-ah Yoon 🇰🇷 · $100
- Eileen H. O'Rourke 🇮🇪 · $200
“Thought of Julieta all day after reading this. - Dublin”
- Jerome G. Navarro 🇵🇭 · $33
“From my family to yours. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Bacolod”
- Thomas C. Arnold 🇬🇧 · $25
- Eleanor L. Chapman 🇦🇺 · $5
- Rocío S. Vega 🇪🇸 · $75
- Amna Samina Siddiqui 🇵🇰 · $15
- Umesh P. Chavan 🇮🇳 · $10
“Thinking of you. From Coimbatore with love.”
- Lahiru Madushan Weerasinghe 🇱🇰 · $20
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hang in there, Mauricio. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Bekasi but we're thinking of you. Take care.
Stay strong, Mauricio. Get well soon
Hang in there, Mauricio. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care.
Thinking of you and your family. Shared this with my family. Wish I lived closer to Glasgow so I could bring a meal. Take care.