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Hi folks...
Normally, I don't write posts like this, but I don't have much of a choice.  Recently, I spent a week in the hospital, after missing most of the previous week of work.  As you may or may not know, I have an open wound - literally a hole in my leg - from a previous abcess/infection that very nearly killed me and resulted in the loss of my leg in June of 2009. That's almost healed.  Around two and a half weeks ago, I started having issues with my leg, again.  It turned out to be a large hemtoma near the existing wound site.  A hematoma is a place - like a bruise - where blood pools under the skin in large quantity.  Think a huuuge blood-filled zit.

I had to go into the emergeny room on Tuesday the 19th of January.  The next day, I had surgery to open up, clean up, and debride the wound area.  This left an open wound area that is 5.5cm wide, by 5.8cm long, by 0.5 - 1.0cm deep. (If you really want to see, pictures can be seen here.) I was discharged from the hospital on the 26th of January.  I have not been released to go back to work until today.

Because of the amount of time I have missed, Joni and I have fallen dramatically behind in our finances.  We have no money in savings - having used it all the previous summer when I was in the hospital for three months, and therefore we are flat broke.  I quite literally do not know how I'm going to pay my rent.  Unfortunately, this means that we may very well face eviction.  Some people you can explain the situation to, and get extra time... and some people, you can't.  Therefore, I am forced to do something I don't want to do.  Beg.

If you can possibly find a few dollars to send to us, "donate" to our rent fund, please donate to us via PayPal. If 100 people donate $10, our rent will be paid (yes, we know it's expensive. We used to have roommates, and yes we're in the process of finding someplace cheaper, and when I actually am able to work normally, it's not that bad).  We're not asking for any specific amount... Just what you feel you can spare, and that you link to, re-post, or re-tweet this posting.  Thanks so much for understanding, folks. We know that the economy sucks right now, so we appreciate even more that extra little bit. So many thanks to everyone that can help, and so much understanding to those that wish they could!