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Most of all I'd like to thank you for reading my post and the posts of strangers here I don't even know. I need a queen sized tempurpedic adjustable bed and a way to transport a scooter. I'm on SSDI and can't afford it. I broke my back in the line of duty while stopping a gang banger from assaulting my partner. It's not a disc problem I actually broke the bone during the altercation and the way my surgeon explained it "it was a burst fracture and the bone broke into tiny pieces of glass type parts and pierced and punctured my spinal cord" I've had 2 back operations - they both failed for the pain but the second held my spine together so it wouldn't snap and leave me totally paralyzed. I try to keep mmy blog site up to date with the details - here's the address: http://www.injuredinthelineofduty.blogspot.com you'll be able to read in detail the terrible experiences I've gone through the last, almost, 4 years. If you could help it would be a blessing because I can't get Workers Comp or the County Insurance company to pay for it. Again, Thank you for reading this and taking the time to read my blog.

Hi,

My name is Nicole.  I am in a wheelchair with a spinal cord injury which causes me chronic pain and is wose under stress.  I also have two children and am in the process of seperating from my husband.  I am experiencing extreme financial crises.  I live in Monterey, Ca where the cost of living is very high.  My plan is to sell my home (it is my home that I bought with a settlement of money from the car accident that put me in a wheelchair at age 19) and move to Colorado with my two kids, where we can afford to live.  My problem is, my soon to be exhusband is not working and can't pay the bills.  I work as a biofeedback tech and Herbal Specilist but my business is not enough to pay the huge mortgage payment due August 15th, 2007.  I want to keep my house payment current and credit card dept under control so that when I go to Colorado I will have good credit.  Otherwise, if my credit is bad, I won't be able to rent or buy a home.  I'm truely very scared.  My wish is to have two months of mortgage covered and help with credit cards.  My mortgage is $2,400 a month and my credit card debt is about $25,000.  $10,000 would be an ideal amount to help me through these couple of months before I'm able to move.

Any amount of help is appreciated. 

Blessings,

Nicole

Allow me to introduce myself and my wife, Norman and Cindy Shipp. We are Coeur d'Alene, Idaho residents and are in our early fifties. It's not so simple to bring myself to convey our personal story, and let go of my pride by asking for help. I know the time has come though, to plead with someone, somewhere, somehow. It is only our dire situation that has brought us to this point in time. My wife Cindy has spent 17 years as an RN, always helping and taking care of others (while raising four children). She's the greatest!!

Please bear with me and I'll try my best to give the shortest version of our true story. Cindy got in a car wreck (thru no fault of her own) in 1994 in Oregon, on the way to her job as an RN. As a result of the car accident, she sustained a post-traumatic syrinix/syringomyelia. SM is a chronic spinal disorder in which cerebrospinal fluid enters the spinal cord, forming a cavity commonly known as a syrinx. Symptoms include: headaches, chronic pain, muscle weakness, motor impairment, Osteoporosis, scoliosis, loss of sensitivity to hot and cold, numbness in hands and feet, loss of bowel and bladder control, and paralysis or quadriplegia.

Cindy also suffers from Autonomic Dysreflexia. AD is a complication of spinal cord injury. In AD, an individual's blood pressure may rise to dangerous levels and if not treated can lead to stroke and possibly death. It is considered a medical emergency. The list of "to do's" for first aid is long and not the easiest.

Although she shows a lot of courage and determination, from her operation in Boise until today, she also bravely battles Arnold Chiari, Fibromyalgia, Asthma, and Sjogrens Syndrome. I could go into detail with each of these but my page isn't long enough. Any of these can be looked at via the internet. Needless to say, she has close to ten doctors. We have traveled to San Diego, Seattle, Portland, and Denver for answers to our prayers, so that one day she can be without so much pain, free up her mobility, and function normally again.

Her health problems requires both of us to be confined to our house most of the time. I have to make split second decisions on how to keep her alive, until I can either drive her to the ER or have the ambulance crew come help (and then I have to explain to them in detail ASAP).

So therefore, I can't go back to a regular job and still be here 24/7 to protect her. Hence, we will eventually lose our home to foreclosure. Our love for each other is solid and our faith in Jesus Christ steadfast. I will always be there for her no matter what obstacles are in our path.

Can you or your organization aid us? Bottom line is we need money to formulate a plan to perhaps move to a state that pays a spouse to take care of another spouse, like Oregon. This sounds easy on paper, but to pack, look for a place, move, unpack, find a whole new group of doctors, clinics, hospitals, etc., takes a lot of time and effort and MONEY.

It's one thing to see her in pain, but she shouldn't have to worry about keeping the roof over her head too. My health isn't the best either (floaters in my eyes, neuropathy in my feet, and a long history of back injuries). I am wearing out very quickly. If we don't get some help soon, I fear we will be in no-man's land.

Thank-you for your time in reading this plea...and keep us in your prayers.

Norman and Cindy Shipp

PLEASE send contributions to:
     Norman Shipp
     121 Ironwood Dr. Suite "D" PMB 128
     Coeur d'Alene, ID, 83814