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Surgery fund for Tammy: emergency hernia repair in Mississauga
After a benign brain tumor, Tammy was cleared for emergency hernia repair, but the bill is more than we can manage.
🇨🇦 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada2,296 views
Tammy was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor in August. The surgeon at Mississauga Regional Medical Center recommended emergency hernia repair, and She is scheduled for November. The hospital's financial office gave us a written estimate of $12,000, and after what my insurance will pay we're still $6,050 short.
my mother has been in and out of Mississauga Regional Medical Center since August. The doctors say a benign brain tumor will get worse without emergency hernia repair. We have emptied our savings and borrowed from relatives, but the estimate of $12,000 is more than we can find.
While we wait, Tammy struggles with daily life and can't look after the children alone. Her family has taken turns caring for her, and I've cut my own work hours to be there.
Recovery is expected to take about 10 weeks. During that time Tammy won't be able to look after the children alone, so the costs keep growing.
I'll pay the hospital and pharmacy directly and post every receipt in the updates section.
Where the $6,050 goes:
• Surgeon and anesthesia fees: $2,450
• Hospital stay (4 nights): $1,850
• Pre-operative tests and imaging: $650
• Post-operative medication: $220
• Physiotherapy sessions: $510
• Travel and lodging for the family: $370
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Maya
- due date
- 2026-10-31
- bill type
- Hospital invoice
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thinking of you and your family, Maya. Get well soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings!
Thinking of you, Maya. Get well soon. Greetings from Wellington.
Stay strong. Hope you get there. I hope November is when things finally get easier. God bless.
Sending love. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. After 17 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care
Wishing you the best. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Rawalpindi but we're thinking of you. Love from Rawalpindi.
get well soon. Put this on a community board in Moscow this morning.