{"id":24883,"date":"2019-04-05T11:43:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2019-04-05T11:43:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:43:15","slug":"my-patrons-helped-save-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24883","title":{"rendered":"My patrons helped save my life"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just posted the following to my patreon<\/a> and wanted to share it here as well:<\/p>\n

Dear Patrons,<\/p>\n

Thanks for helping to save my life.<\/p>\n
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As you know, I recently hit my head. I tripped on the rainy walkway up to our house and hit my head on the edge of a concrete stair leading to our porch.<\/div>\n
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I was massively lucky. The injury sliced across my forehead. It required sixteen surface stitches and three deep muscle tissue stitches, and went down to my skull. Yet despite all this, I had no concussion, no brain injury. My skull stayed intact. My catscan was clean. I never lost consciousness or got alarmingly confused. Even the scar, while extremely long, is tucked up at my hairline where it can be missed or covered if necessary.<\/div>\n
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I am also extremely lucky because of your help. We have health insurance, but it’s got a high deductible. The emergency room doctor and nurses, along with the ambulance staff were amazing — but it cost them a lot of time, while I also needed things like a catscan.<\/div>\n
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My husband and I are treading along financially at a fragile sustainability, and the medical bills could have thrown us for a loop. But again, I’m extremely lucky. The amount we needed was almost exactly my patreon balance.<\/div>\n
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It turns out I use my head for a lot of things, like writing and thinking and blinking. It would be very difficult to produce fiction without it.<\/div>\n
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Thank you so much for your help. I am enduringly grateful.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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