TO ALL YOU WONDERFUL AND COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE
Hi there, my name is Vesna and I’m in deep trouble. I’m single, live alone and deliver pizza while working nights, for a living. I’m telling you this because I need you to understand that my current earning capacity is based on the upkeep and maintenance of my car and my physical health.
In February of this year, I was injured at work and had to take two weeks off since I couldn’t stand or walk. My sick leave took care of my rent that month but I had nothing to pay my bills with, so I paid my bills with my credit cards. I thought I was being responsible. I’ve always had to look after and provide for myself and have done so, up to this point, really well. I made plans to get those cards back to where they were, before my injury, when I returned to work.
Then, at the beginning of March, I sprained my ankle during a delivery, so badly that in the moment I thought I’d broken it. When I got to the emergency room, I found out it’s a second degree sprain. That means massive swelling, damaged tendons, torn ligaments, a boot and physiotherapy. I expected to be back at work within the month, but every check up had the doctors going: “another two weeks in the boot” and telling me it’s probably going to be 12 months to fully heal and it will never be 100% again.
I had to wear the boot for 8 weeks and couldn’t work for that time. I have to wear a complex medical brace for the next 9 months, at least. I can’t even afford to go to Walmart and buy a pair of sneakers that the brace will fit in and I can work in.
Labor and Industries only paid me 45% of my monthly wage. Just enough to pay rent and a couple of things at the grocery store. I never qualified for any other assistance. I used the last of my available credit to pay bills at the beginning of March.
So, now I’m back at work on reduced hours and ‘light duty’; but there is no light duty in the food industry. My ankle is still swollen, has limited mobility and is disturbingly weak and unstable.
Reduced hours means that my wages are severely cut. Two weeks of my hourly wage isn’t enough to pay my rent. My receipt tips are now supplementing my rent. I’m on my feet at work (which I’m not supposed to be) carefully walking on the uneven sidewalks and streets of Seattle and my ankle now hurts constantly because I can’t give it the rest it needs. Now I’m supposed to be on anti-inflammatory medication except there’s no money for it.
April, May and now June bills are unpaid. The medical bills that will come haven’t even been considered yet – I received a letter stating that my care was not necessarily covered and that decision is pending. I can’t afford medical insurance. I haven’t been able to do a full grocery shop since March. It’s been that long since my fridge was full. I’m down to beans and rice a few days per week. I buy a couple of things at a time from the grocery store when my cash tips allow me to do that. But mostly cash tips go to gas for the car, since that is currently my livelihood.
My car hasn’t had a full tank of gas since March. This job paid well when I first started, but the last couple of inflation waves has made it less than adequate. I’m scared. I’ve always provided for myself. I even put myself through college. I don’t even have any family left. In the worst way, I’m on my own.
My credit card companies are blowing up my email and text. My utility companies are blowing up my phone. I just don’t have the money I need and it’s now thousands. This is my last hope. I’ve spent weeks trying to get a personal loan. Ironically, because I used my credit cards to pay bills, I’ve trashed my credit score so I can’t get a loan. I was almost scammed twice, which resulted in 2 bank accounts being frozen and then closed. I just need a lump sum of cash to get ahead of this horrifying mess I’m in. I have done everything I possibly could and I’m so tired. This is my dire emergency. I’ve never been in this kind of debt before, because I have always taken care to live within my means, regardless of my income.
Please, please help me. I’m grateful for any and all donations.
Thank you for saving me.
www.paypal.me/VesnaFairmont
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