Hip replacement surgery for Jacques: covering what insurance won't
After gallstones with repeated infections, Jacques was cleared for hip replacement surgery, but the bill is more than we can manage.
- due date
- 2026-11-23
- bill type
- Hospital invoice
Updates from Elmarie
Quick update: $315 raised so far (15%). I made the first payment toward surgeon and anesthesia fees. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
We're at 25% thanks to 12 of you. I met with the hospital and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
Update from Sandton: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 29% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Lệ Hà Le 🇻🇳 · $50
- Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $50
- Ngân Như Ly 🇺🇸 · $50
- Justine Fabre 🇫🇷 · $100
“God bless. From Lille with love. - Lille”
- Hiếu Hùng Phan 🇻🇳 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇦 · $15
- Leah E. Beck 🇨🇦 · $25
“God bless. Been where you are, it gets better. - Surrey”
- Het B. Kulkarni 🇮🇳 · $100
- Mugisha Bakari Okello 🇺🇬 · $30
- Lúcia Márcia Martins 🇧🇷 · $5
“Rooting for you. Hope the December deadline works out. - Recife”
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $5
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
- Elias Theo Baumann 🇩🇪 · $50
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $10
- Minato Kimura 🇯🇵 · $25
“God bless. Thought of Jacques all day after reading this. - Osaka”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $3
“God bless. Hope you get the rest soon. - Durgapur”
- Nisha C. Walia 🇮🇳 · $13.50
“Every little bit. My brother told me about this one. - Lucknow”
- Abosede Damilola Ekwueme 🇳🇬 · $76
- Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $25
“Good luck. Hope the December deadline works out. - Toulouse”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Jacques
Physiotherapy sessions is $90 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Thanks for asking.
sending strength. Wishing Jacques a smooth procedure and a full recovery.
Wishing you the best, Elmarie. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Sent it to 22 people at work. God bless.
Thinking of you and your family, Elmarie. Wishing Jacques a smooth procedure and a full recovery. After 14 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Regensburg.
Shared this with my family. Greetings from Thane
Thinking of you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Sandton!
Wishing you the best, Elmarie. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. God bless.
Hope you get there. Love from Onitsha.
Stay strong, Elmarie. This could happen to any of us. I'm in logistics myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Take care. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.
Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care.
Sending strength. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Nakuru.
Hope it all works out, Elmarie. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.