❤️‍🩹⚡A SERIOUS, EMERGENT call for support and help for our very own Jordan! (fecc-mechanic)❤️‍🩹⚡

[fecc-mechanic]

But it seems you have a strong female, your partner, who is going with you through all that and sticks to you.
It's something that you can be proud of.

Very proud in fact. If it weren't for her, we'd both be homeless right now.
You have no idea how appreciative I am every single day, when I wake up, to have her in my life. She truly is my strength to keep going on.



All the best from Memphis,
Jordanhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/medical-bills-related-travel-expenses

[drjohncarpenter]

Please support our good friend and forum guru, Jordan.

FECC isn't here without him.


https://gofund.me/13bd615e

[fecc-mechanic]

Feeling pretty weaak, and down today, but nothing I'm not already used to..

The new normals of walking with a cane/walking stick, having speech impediments, and an assortment of other cognitive disabilities (and people staring) are not just bringing me down TODAY, but I'm slowly accepting and adapting to the fact that this will be a "FOREVER" kind of thing. It's just hard to wrap my head around (no pun intended).

If I haven't imposed enough already on y'all, if you could share ths link (https://gofund.me/d9eae178)to one, five, ten, or (???) people out there, it would help tremendously!!! And would potentially help me reach my goal.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you have done thus far!



Sincerely,
Jordan

https://gofund.me/d9eae178

P.S.
I apologize this update is such a downer, I guess I just needed to vent.

[drjohncarpenter]

Please support this good man if you can.

Any amount will serve to help his progress to a better life. Most of us know how lucky we are.

He's done more for this forum than most of you even know.

OFW!

Feeling pretty weaak, and down today, but nothing I'm not already used to..

The new normals of walking with a cane/walking stick, having speech impediments, and an assortment of other cognitive disabilities (and people staring) are not just bringing me down TODAY, but I'm slowly accepting and adapting to the fact that this will be a "FOREVER" kind of thing. It's just hard to wrap my head around (no pun intended).

If I haven't imposed enough already on y'all, if you could share ths link (https://gofund.me/d9eae178)to one, five, ten, or (???) people out there, it would help tremendously!!! And would potentially help me reach my goal.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you have done thus far!



Sincerely,
Jordan

https://gofund.me/d9eae178

P.S.
I apologize this update is such a downer, I guess I just needed to vent.

[fecc-mechanic]

Here it is the evening of July 29th. And I'm still where I was a month ago. Emotionally, physically, and psychologically.

Not to mention monetarily.

I hate to use the word "beg", but if you could please share this link (https://gofund.me/d9eae178) around the office, at church, or wherever you can think of, it would greatly be appreciated.

I am indebted to everyone who has given.

I feel like their should be a way for me to give back - but nothing can compare to your generosity.

ALL of you are heroes and angels in my book.

But here I am again asking for contributions to reach my goal.

How much is too much?

I AM MORTIFIED that constantly asking for contributions is going to turn everyone against me.

But I have no other way.

And I am absolutely ASHAMED that I have to ask on such a public forum.

If anyone can make a contribution no matter the number, you know how much it means to me. It is EXTREMELY critical at this time.

And if you are unable to; I continue to ask for your thoughts and prayers. Those are extremely valuable to me as well.

Thank you for reading this.

Jordan

https://gofund.me/d9eae178

[fecc-mechanic]

On Friday August, 11, 2023 on what felt like one of the hottest days in Memphis this year (heat index of 105 IIRC), I came outside on the patio like I usually do (I have a giant fan) to do some quick emails in my "comfy chair." And then get my butt back in doors.

But like the best laid plans...Things don't always happen that way.

I had a seizure while outside. I was outside from what we gather to be no less than five hours. no more than seven. When my wife came home and found me - my giant fan was OFF, and so was I.

Then, B/MFD was called, sent to hospital, rinse and repeat. From what I was told luckily somehow I didn't have heat stroke. But I was in a post-seizure state until almost 5am the next morning.

I remember the doctor insisting that I stay, but knowing how I have had bad experiences at that facility, my wife and in-laws somehow talked them into letting me go home. And here I am. I am blessed to have them in my life, as true advocates.

2023 has not been a good year. A very bad one on so many levels.

Or on the flip side of the coin it has been a VERY GOOD YEAR..

So many different times I could have "bitten the bullet" but for some unknown reason I haven't.

I think all of ya'll have something to do with me not giving up. No doubt about it. And when I say "Ya'll" I mean "Ya'll". From my close friends in the Elvis community, Fans who I fix something on the forums for, clients who keep my brain "sharp", or even the complete stranger who I just get a chuckle from reading their input sometimes.

One thing I have learned over this year, and almost dying what feels like a million times. Each of you matter. Each of you are important. Not just to me, but to each other too! Please keep that in mind. WE ARE one big HAPPY family!!! if you like it or not.

We have a common interest that ties us all together..Never forget that. Please. We are all getting older and hell, at 41, I feel 91.I remember starting all this stuff online at 14. Time flies. And If there is anything that I want you to remember - We are all together in this "wonderful world of Elvis", and are family, even if sometimes there are disputes among members. Those are fleeting moments. At the end of the day we are FAMILY.

It is critical not just for me, but for this forum, and many of your favorite Elvis websites as well that if you haven't visited my GoFundMe (link below) to PLEASE do so. Even if you have done so already, I kindly ask you do so again. Because just when I was getting a handle on everything, the Aug 11th event happened. Pushing me far far back in my progress physically and financially. And EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS

Thank you for your time.

Your friend through Elvis,
Jordan Ritchie
https://gofund.me/d9eae178

[Spanish_Eyes]

This breaks my heart. No citzien of the richest country in the world should be asking for money in order to pay something as basic as healthcare!

[fecc-mechanic]

[VERY IMPORTANT NEWS AT BOTTOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

I got the news that there is nothing they can do any further.

I will be like this for the rest of my life.

It is the thing I feared the most.

My cognition feels "intact", yet I have "cognitive impairments".

My speech depending on emotion either sounds:

like this guy:


To this guy:


In an unbelievably bad way.
Or a mixture of the two.

When I used to sound like this fella:


And I now walk like this:

*Special thanks to @moderator3 for introducing me to Giphy.


This is not to extract pity from ya'll. On the contrary.

THE VERY IMPORTANT NEWS:

On November 28th, the future of all the sites on the ElviCities servers itself are in jeopardy. That is when the multi-year contract with my server provider and other contracts are up, and when it would normally be time for renewal.

I was hoping beyond hope that I would have met my GoFundMe goal as that had a built-in buffer to provide for this. (Previous cash on hand).
But in my state of mind, that buffer went towards my medical bills. I have nobody to blame for this but myself.

But it would kill me to know that my servers and all the sites on it would disappear because of it!

If there is any way ya'll could contribute to: https://gofund.me/d9eae178 not only would it help with my medical related costs, but it would also ensure that some of your favorite sites (including this one) stay online.

So, I kindly ask for you to contribute to https://gofund.me/d9eae178 every dollar counts! And I am sorry to involve everyone in this cluster-youknowwhat !!!!!!

THANK YOU for your consideration, thoughts and prayers through all of this!

Sincerely,
Jordan
https://gofund.me/d9eae178

[fecc-mechanic]

Yesterday, September 15th, was a remarkably close call. I had awoken feeling "weird" with a general sense of foreboding, malaise, and nausea. This only usually happens when something weird/bad happens to me, a friend, or a family member.

I took a Zofran™ (nausea medication) and thought nothing of it. Mid-Afternoon, I was still feeling that way and I was running down the list of nursing possibilities (gosh knows how). And I brought out the dreaded glucometer, and it read I was 44. A blood glucose of forty-four. I ran in (I stumbled in, according to my wife), proclaimed this and collapsed in the bed.

The above is the same scenario that has landed me in the ICU twice already.

Knowing I didn't want to go back AGAIN, just so they could pump me full of liters of sugar water and withhold my normal (pain and anxiety medications, because the staff is too busy for such things) my wife became crafty this time so that I didn't end up in the ICU or even the ER!

She says she somehow coaxed me into eating M&M's™, this brought it up to seventy-five, but somehow, I crashed back down to fifty-three. I was more with it at the time, so more M&M's™, orange juice, and a Subway™ sandwich (thank you DoorDash™!) brought me up and stabilized me at 101, and I felt safe enough to go to bed (by this time it was 11PM/2300hrs).

I woke up this morning with a reading of ninety-nine. So, I'm "out of the woods" per se. But it does begrudgingly bring up the unfortunate situation that I must return to the endocrinologist, as well as my neurologist as there was some seizure activity noted by my wife.

I am incredibly lucky to have a loving wife who looks out for me and can relate to my blood glucose situation even though I'm not a diabetic (she is, type 1). Without her help, I'd be back in the ICU, and who knows what the update today might have been?

--With Love,
Jordan R.

--------------------------------VERY IMPORTANT NEWS!!!--------------------------------

On November 28th, the future of all the sites on the ElviCities servers itself are in jeopardy. That is when the multi-year contract with my server provider and other contracts are up, and when it would normally be time for renewal.

I was hoping beyond hope that I would have met my GoFundMe goal as that had a built-in buffer to provide for this. (Previous cash on hand).
But in my state of mind, that buffer went towards my medical bills. I have nobody to blame for this but myself.

But it would kill me to know that my servers and all the sites on it would disappear because of it!

If there is any way ya'll could contribute it would not only help with my medical related costs, but it would also ensure that some of your favorite sites stay online.

So, I kindly ask for you to contribute as every dollar counts! And I am sorry to involve everyone in this cluster-youknowwhat !!!!!

THANK YOU for your consideration, thoughts, and prayers through all of this!

And if you can please share the link below my signature to friends, family, co-workers, anyone you can think of! It would be appreciated more than you know!

https://gofund.me/d9eae178

[drjohncarpenter]

Yesterday, September 15th, was a remarkably close call. I had awoken feeling "weird" with a general sense of foreboding, malaise, and nausea. This only usually happens when something weird/bad happens to me, a friend, or a family member.

I took a Zofran™ (nausea medication) and thought nothing of it. Mid-Afternoon, I was still feeling that way and I was running down the list of nursing possibilities (gosh knows how). And I brought out the dreaded glucometer, and it read I was 44. A blood glucose of forty-four. I ran in (I stumbled in, according to my wife), proclaimed this and collapsed in the bed.

The above is the same scenario that has landed me in the ICU twice already.

Knowing I didn't want to go back AGAIN, just so they could pump me full of liters of sugar water and withhold my normal (pain and anxiety medications, because the staff is too busy for such things) my wife became crafty this time so that I didn't end up in the ICU or even the ER!

She says she somehow coaxed me into eating M&M's™, this brought it up to seventy-five, but somehow, I crashed back down to fifty-three. I was more with it at the time, so more M&M's™, orange juice, and a Subway™ sandwich (thank you DoorDash™!) brought me up and stabilized me at 101, and I felt safe enough to go to bed (by this time it was 11PM/2300hrs).

I woke up this morning with a reading of ninety-nine. So, I'm "out of the woods" per se. But it does begrudgingly bring up the unfortunate situation that I must return to the endocrinologist, as well as my neurologist as there was some seizure activity noted by my wife.

I am incredibly lucky to have a loving wife who looks out for me and can relate to my blood glucose situation even though I'm not a diabetic (she is, type 1). Without her help, I'd be back in the ICU, and who knows what the update today might have been?

--With Love,
Jordan R.

God bless your very smart wife.

More sandwiches Jordan!!!

We need you here and rockin'!!

OFW!!



For everyone else, please help if you can.

Even a little is more than nothing at all.




https://gofund.me/d9eae178