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Surgery fund for Travis: gallbladder removal in Hobart
After a deviated septum causing chronic infections, Travis was cleared for gallbladder removal, but the bill is more than we can manage.
🇦🇺 7000, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia1,372 views
Travis was diagnosed with a deviated septum causing chronic infections in March. The surgeon at Hobart Community Hospital recommended gallbladder removal, and He is scheduled for June. The hospital's financial office gave us a written estimate of $2,950, and after what our health plan will pay we're still $2,050 short.
my father has been in and out of Hobart Community Hospital since March. The doctors say a deviated septum causing chronic infections will get worse without gallbladder removal. We have emptied our savings and borrowed from relatives, but the estimate of $2,950 is more than we can find.
While we wait, Travis struggles with daily life and can't climb stairs. His family has taken turns caring for him, and I've cut my own work hours to be there.
The recovery period is expected to take about 4 weeks. During that time Travis 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 $2,050 goes:
• Post-operative medication: $155
• Pre-operative tests and imaging: $620
• Hospital stay (4 nights): $1,275
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Dustin
- due date
- 2026-05-20
- bill type
- Hospital invoice
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Keep going. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. God bless
Thanks for sharing this, Dustin. Hope the doctors have good news. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.
wishing you peace, Dustin. Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Paris this morning. God bless.
I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Greetings from Ogbomosho.
Praying for you, Dustin. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Hobart.
Thinking of you and your family, Dustin. Hope the doctors have good news. I'll check back for the next update. All the best.