As many of you know, we are hoping to go to UCLA to participate in a clinical research study for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). He was originally scheduled for early January, then this week, but again we were forced to reschedule for financial reasons. Currently, he is scheduled for April 13-15.
The plan is for Michael to meet with a neurologist to have an evaluation done at the UCLA Center for Brain Injuries to get a "baseline" of where he is so they can monitor him and note his changes over the coming months. When a clinical trial comes, he will be automatically included.
Michael has ALSO been approved to see Dr. Giza, one of the leading neurologists that put together the clinical evaluation tool for the UCLA Study on CTE that was done a year ago on the NFL football players. This is HUGE for him! It will give the doctors here direction on symptom management as well as give us a professional written evaluation to be used when we finally get the disability hearing we've been waiting on for months!!
We need your help to get there though! The cost associated in going to UCLA is high. The doctors at UCLA are all "out of network" through our insurance. Add to that the travel, lodging, time off work for me, etc. and it all adds up quickly! With Michael's disability STILL pending we are already struggling financially. While we wait, the medical expenses of frequent appointments, prescriptions, labwork, tests, hospitalizations, etc., along with regular household expenses just keep coming.
The fundraising page below was created over a year ago when he got sick again. It has been updated and renewed to help get him to UCLA. We humbly ask that you join us in prayer for financial provision, and that you consider helping by using the link.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for joining us in prayer and carrying us through this journey with all of your love, support, and prayers!!
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