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Surgery fund for Nova: palate reconstruction surgery in Chicago

After a hip fracture that never healed properly, Nova was cleared for palate reconstruction surgery, but the bill is more than we can manage.

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Gabriel G. Chambers
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Chicago
Nova was diagnosed with a hip fracture that never healed properly in October. The surgeon at Chicago Regional Medical Center recommended palate reconstruction surgery, and She is scheduled for December. The hospital's financial office gave us a written estimate of $3,400, and after what the public health scheme will pay we're still $2,700 short. my mother has been in and out of Chicago Regional Medical Center since October. The doctors say a hip fracture that never healed properly will get worse without palate reconstruction surgery. We have emptied our savings and borrowed from relatives, but the estimate of $3,400 is more than we can find. While we wait, Nova struggles with daily life and can't climb stairs. 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 5 weeks. During that time Nova won't be able to climb stairs, so the costs keep growing. The money goes straight to the treatment bills, and I'll share the invoices as they're paid so you can see exactly what your gift did. Where the $2,700 goes: • Hospital stay (3 nights): $1,200 • Post-operative medication: $390 • Physiotherapy sessions: $820 • Pre-operative tests and imaging: $290 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure. - Gabriel
due date
2026-01-08
bill type
Hospital invoice
#surgery#hospital-bills#recovery#medical

Updates from Gabriel

  1. Thank you all. We're at 43% now ($1,152). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($385 in total) the plan for hospital stay is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Michael H. Hughes

    Good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry

    • Khalid Ibrahim Osman

      reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Chicago

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