Application 125646: In Coma, Woke Up to Medical Bills

Current Status: Funded

On 2009-11-06, Modest Needs sent payment in the amount requested by the applicant to OU Physicians Tulsa on behalf of this deserving individual.

This request for help was funded at the recommendation and through the support of the friends and partners of Modest Needs Foundation.

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This application has 100% of the points it needs to receive a Modest Needs grant.

This application has been fully funded. To see the thank you note left by the person who placed this application, scroll down this page to 'Testimonial'

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Application Details

In Coma, Woke Up to Medical Bills | Cost to fully fund this application: 964.00 Modest Needs Points

I recently was admitted into the hospital in December of 2008 were I was in a coma for three months. I was diagnosed with Teratoma/Emsphylitus. It's a case of ovarian cancer that is very rare. At first, the doctors didn't know what was wrong with me.

They sent me to a mental health facility saying that I was bipolar, not knowing that this cyst on my ovaries was cancer and was leaking some type of fluid to my brain that was attacking my brain cells. It took them sending my medical case all the way to Pennsylvania where, by a miracle, some doctors had heard of this rare condition.

Now, because of this, I am disabled and I have to learn to walk again and my memory is damaged. Also I don't have a voice because the entire time I was in a coma, I had a breathing tube down my throat keeping me alive.

I am currently not working and was just recently removed from my insurance just to be put on a 24 month waiting period to see if I would be able to qualify for insurance now that I am so lucky to be getting disability. So I am in desperate need of some help getting my medical bills paid because I still have to attend therapy, see a neurologist and visit my regular doctor on a month to month basis. I just can't seem to keep up with the payments. So please help!

Applicant Profile

This application for our Self-Sufficiency grant comes to Modest Needs from a household of 3 adults and 0 children.
This household earns 100% of its household income.

This applicant lives above the poverty line and probably won't qualify for other types of help.
This household has received state or federal assistance in the past 30 days.

Notes from the Modest Needs Staff

This applicant has applied for help from Modest Needs in the past.

This applicant has received help from Modest Needs, most recently on 2009-11-06, in the amount of $771.00, for In Coma, Woke Up to Medical Bills.

Testimonial

This person has left the following thank you note:

I would like to say 'Thank You' to all that has helped me to make this payment possible to my doctors. I have been under major stress wondering how I would be able to pay my medical bills until I was able to find some medical coverage and then I ran across this website and found the help that i have always been in need. If it wsn't for your generosity I don't know where I would have been able to find the money. This has really helped me because I had been threatened that if I didn't come up with the funds then I wouldn't be able to see my doctor anymore and I am just so Thankful for all of your help in my time of need. So I just wanted to say Thank you again and God Bless all of you.