Tooth Extraction Lands North Jersey Trainer On Ventilator Tooth Extraction Lands North Jersey Trainer On Ventilator
Tooth Extraction Lands North Jersey Trainer On Ventilator One day, Johnny Gouvanis is getting a tooth extracted. The next, he was in the hospital on a ventilator.  The personal trainer from North Jersey suffered an infection after having a tooth extracted on July 28, and was put on antibiotics and then the ventilator to protect his airways.  Doctors worried the size and swelling of the infection would affect his breathing. Gouvanis hadn't been able to talk until Monday, Aug. 8, when he recorded a YouTube video from Mount Sinai Hospital thanking everyone supporting him.  Johnny says thank you.GoFundMe Campaign Update More than $19,700 had be…
Community Rallies For Virginia Mom, ER Doc Fighting Cancer Community Rallies For Virginia Mom, ER Doc Fighting Cancer
Community Rallies For Virginia Mom, ER Doc Fighting Cancer On July 6, Virginia physician Bonnie Yen received a diagnosis that would change her life: Abdominal carcinomatosis.  Her colleagues from Holy Cross Hospital/Trinity Health are asking for the community’s help to support Yen in the tough times ahead. “Not only is she a talented Emergency Medicine physician, dedicated wife and Mom, but she is a stellar, lively and devoted friend," reads a GoFundMe page launched for the Falls Church-area family. "In the last decade, she has contributed unforgettable tenacity to the emergency department while effortlessly tackling various challen…
Woman Pushed Out Of Moving SUV In Arlington Sees Surge Of Support Woman Pushed Out Of Moving SUV In Arlington Sees Surge Of Support
Woman Pushed Out Of Moving SUV In Arlington Sees Surge Of Support A 25-year-old woman who was seriously injured after someone threw her out of a moving SUV in Arlington faces months of rehab and thousands of dollars in medical bills, but hundreds of people have stepped up to help cover the cost of her treatments.  The woman, only identified as Maryna, was coming home early May 15 after a night out when someone pushed threw her out of a car along Wilson Boulevard around 3 a.m., smashing her head on the asphalt and causing life-threatening injuries, an Arlington County police report said.  A GoFundMe campaign set by Maryna's sister Polina lays out…
Philly Area Woman Left With 'Serious Injuries' After Dog Attack: GoFundMe Philly Area Woman Left With 'Serious Injuries' After Dog Attack: GoFundMe
Philly Area Woman Left With 'Serious Injuries' After Dog Attack: GoFundMe A Pennsylvania woman was seriously injured after a dog attack, loved ones said. Now, she needs help covering unexpected medical bills. Jordan Wilson, of Bucks County, was bitten by a mastiff dog and suffered facial injuries that will necessitate several surgeries over the next six months, including a skin graft to her nose, according to a GoFundMe. Wilson, on the other hand, is unable to cover medical costs because she turned 26 in early April and is no longer covered by her parents' health insurance, her mom, Melissa Wilson said. According to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Penns…
Sassy Maryland Toddler Battles Neuroblastoma Sassy Maryland Toddler Battles Neuroblastoma
Sassy Maryland Toddler Battles Neuroblastoma "Without a moment's notice, our world was flipped upside down." Those are the first words in the description of the GoFundMe organized in honor of 2-year-old Madilynn (Madi) Jo from Pasadena.   The "sassy" princess was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a cancer that attacks the nerve tissue of the sympathetic nervous system, on Jan. 25, the campaign reads. After starting early stages of treatment at Johns Hopkins Pediatric Oncology, it is believed that the cancer has spread and put Madi at high risk.   Madi Jo at her school Christmas concert Dec 2021Katie Heffington Madi successfully comp…
Prayers, Funds Raised For Graduating Fair Lawn Senior Who Fractured Skull In Ridgewood Fall Prayers, Funds Raised For Graduating Fair Lawn Senior Who Fractured Skull In Ridgewood Fall
Prayers, Funds Raised For Graduating Fair Lawn Senior Who Fractured Skull In Ridgewood Fall Ashley Tabor was looking forward to graduating with her Fair Lawn High School classmates Tuesday night. Instead, she remained at The Valley Hospital with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain caused by a freak accident in Ridgewood. Ashley and her friends were walking to their car along a grassy stretch of Crest Road with no sidewalks around midnight Saturday when she did a tumble and fell from a four-foot wall (see photo), family friend Pamela Troisi said. “Ashley is an amazing athlete,” she said. “Over the weekend she did what I have seen her do hundreds of times. “I’m sure in he…
Fundraiser Launched For Victim Of Teens' Brick-Throwing Spree Fundraiser Launched For Victim Of Teens' Brick-Throwing Spree
Fundraiser Launched For Victim Of Teens' Brick-Throwing Spree The fiance of a man who was “permanently” injured when teens threw a brick at him from a moving vehicle has established a GoFundMe to pay for medical bills. Jessica Laine created the fundraising campaign two days ago, shortly after her fiance Emanuel was seriously injured. The injury happened on Saturday, Dec. 26. Worcester Police have arrested four teens for allegedly throwing bricks from a stolen SUV while driving. Police said the teens threw bricks at nearly 20 vehicles as they drove by. Emmanuel seems to have suffered the most severe injuries in the incident. Laine said she was in the …
Town Rallies Around 'Generous' Business Owner In His Time Of Need Town Rallies Around 'Generous' Business Owner In His Time Of Need
Town Rallies Around 'Generous' Business Owner In His Time Of Need A small Massachusetts community is rallying around a local business owner and cancer survivor who has become seriously ill again. On Tuesday, Dec. 1, a fundraiser for a local tow-truck company owner facing high medical bills was promoted by the Charlton Police Department on its Facebook page. Charlton is a rural town in Central Massachusetts with a close-knit population of about 13,000 people. The fundraiser is for Mike Lundquist owner of Boomba’s 24-Hour Towing and Recovery in Charlton. Lundquist has been recognized on multiple occasions for his assistance to the community. In 2017, for …
Support Surges for NJ Man, 24, Critically Injured Defending Friend From Knife-Wielding Ex Support Surges for NJ Man, 24, Critically Injured Defending Friend From Knife-Wielding Ex
Support Surges for NJ Man, 24, Critically Injured Defending Friend From Knife-Wielding Ex Support is surging for a 24-year-old New Jersey man who was critically injured defending his friend from a cold and calculated knife attack by a vengeful ex. Bridgewater's Kelvin Lee, 24, woke up around 3 a.m. on Oct. 24 to someone choking him from above at an apartment on Main Street in Sayreville, according to Jeff Roscher, Lee’s uncle. Lee was then brutally attacked with a knife and sustained serious injuries, MyCentralJersey reports citing Sayreville Police Capt. Dan Plumacker. “All the tendons and nerves in his left arm were severed,” Roscher told Daily Voice. “He had a large cut…
Community Rallies For Teaneck Liver Transplant Patient Attacked In Hackensack Staples Community Rallies For Teaneck Liver Transplant Patient Attacked In Hackensack Staples
Community Rallies For Teaneck Liver Transplant Patient Attacked In Hackensack Staples The community is rallying for a liver transplant patient who was beaten in a Hackensack Staples store by another customer after asking her to wear her coronavirus face mask. More than $2,600 had been raised as of Sunday morning on a GoFundMe for Margot Kagan, of Teaneck. Kagan, 54, -- who had a liver transplant four months ago -- was at a copy machine at the Staples on Hackensack Avenue Wednesday when the attack happened. “The woman on one side of the plastic dividers had a mask, but here, below her mouth," Kagan told News12 from a hospital bed at HUMC.  "I said, ‘You should really p…
Car Crashes Into Western Mass Grocery Store Injuring Two Women Car Crashes Into Western Mass Grocery Store Injuring Two Women
Car Crashes Into Western Mass Grocery Store Injuring Two Women A car crashing into Stop and Shop in Agawam has left two women injured. On July 29, a driver lost control of a vehicle at around 11:30 a.m. and crashed into the west side entrance of the Springfield Street supermarket. The victims are ages 59 and 54. They were brought to the hospital and are in stable condition, MassLive reported. A GoFundMe has been started to help one of the women, Sue Senta, with impending medical bills. 
Friends Raise Money For Jersey Shore Restaurant Owner's Wife After Serious Crash Friends Raise Money For Jersey Shore Restaurant Owner's Wife After Serious Crash
Friends Raise Money For Jersey Shore Restaurant Owner's Wife After Serious Crash Friends of Elena Spinosa, who was seriously injured in a car accident in Berkeley last month, are raising money to help cover her medical and child care expenses.   She lives in Toms River with her husband, Corrado, and their three children, Alessandra, Constantine and Dino.  Alessandra and Constantine, were passengers in the car during the Feb. 29 crash, but sustained minor injuries and are doing well, according to this Facebook page, where more than $9,000 had been raised as of Tuesday. Spinosa suffered multiple broken bones and was airlifted from the accident scene. She u…