Help heal Dustin’s back
Fundraising campaign by
Rosemarie Machetto
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US$810.00Donated So Far
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We are raising funds for Dustin's immediate expenses eg. Medicine, doctors fees, physio etc.... and the support of his family in this trying time.
Dustin was on a training cycle on mothers day, the 8 May, when a security van hit him from behind. His body was thrown into the air, and he landed on his back. He has a broken T12. He has lost 30% bone height. His legiments, disk and bones are all broken. He is in tremedous pain. This is a very frustrating position to be in after being such an active athlete.
Thank for taking the time to read about his plight.
Organizer
- Rosemarie Machetto
- Campaign Owner
- Port Elizabeth, ZA
Donors
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jan 27, 2017
Praying for you.
- Rosemarie Machetto
- Posted On Nov 29, 2016
Thank you anonymous. Soooo appreciated, made me cry with thankfulness. XXX
Report from East London
Update posted by Rosemarie Machetto at 04:28 pmAt long last we get to see the report from the doctor in East London who we visited last year November. I took some sceen shots to share with everyone.
29 January
Update posted by Rosemarie Machetto at 07:16 amPlease friends keep sharing and helping, if you can. The lawyers have no answers for me yet and told me if I requested a mri, it would be for my own account. My son's back seems to be deteriating and no one cares, life goes on...South Africa really sux. I
Request 26 December
Update posted by Rosemarie Machetto at 08:52 amPlease pray for my son Dusti, his pain is extremely bad today. Since the drive to & from East London, he has deteriorate & has had more aching pain, worsening daily, with the numb tingling across the lower back, as if a nerve is pinching or pressing where it shouldnt.
Visit to surgeon 12 December
Update posted by Rosemarie Machetto at 07:11 amThe doctor said that nothing has moved but the pain is permanent and somehow he must just try and live with it, the alternative is, they would send him for an mri and operate, but if they start that now, it will make matters worse and he would have to. . . . .
Update on East London trip.
Update posted by Rosemarie Machetto at 07:51 pmWell the East London trip is now behind us...sjoe, what a day was wed, 23 Nov. The lawyer hired us a vehicle to drive up to see the raf medico-legal orthopaedic surgen.The trip 1 way is 320 & sumthing kms. The road isn't great with stop/goes and road conditions and. . . . .
Update after court appearance on 3 Nov
Update posted by Rosemarie Machetto at 07:27 pmJust an update....we went to court on the 3rd Nov and the driver of the security bakkie that drove into the back of Dustin, was found guilty and fined. The prosecutor said that the company is liable for the bike and cycling gear, and we must get a lawyer to. . . . .
Almost 6 mths
Update posted by Rosemarie Machetto at 08:16 pmDustin has been summoned by the state as a witness in the accident that broke his back, on Thursday 3rd Nov'16. Then on the 23rd of Nov'16 he has to go up to East London for the RAF orthropod to check out the damage done to his spine for the. . . . .
At 13 weeks
Update posted by Rosemarie Machetto at 07:13 pmWe saw the doc yesterday. He made Dusti do some exercises, then he push down on each vertebra checking for pain, & told Dustin to bend forward to stretch the spine while feeling how each vertebra moves and for stability. He told us he is happy with T12's stability. The. . . . .
Donors & Comments
- Rosemarie Machetto
- Posted On Jan 29, 2017
Thank you anonymous may God bless you for your kindness. Your gift is much appreciated. Thank you love Rose
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jan 27, 2017
Praying for you.
- Rosemarie Machetto
- Posted On Nov 29, 2016
Thank you anonymous. Soooo appreciated, made me cry with thankfulness. XXX
- Anonymous
- Donated on Nov 28, 2016
Something small to help make Christmas a bit more fun :) Cheers, Trevor
- Rosemarie Machetto
- Posted On Aug 15, 2016
Thank you so much Brett for your generous donation. We appreciate your help. Thank you again😊
- Brett Young
- Donated on Aug 12, 2016
- Rosemarie Machetto
- Posted On Aug 09, 2016
Thank you anonymous, I appreciate your help from the bottom of my heart. May God bless u 100 fold. XXXX😊
- Anonymous
- Donated on Aug 05, 2016
Hi Rose and Dustin and family, our thoughts and prays are with you. Dustin I hope you make a full and quick recovery. I'm a keen cyclist too but I can only partly imagine the pain and suffering you're going through. All the best, Trevor
- Rosemarie Machetto
- Posted On Aug 04, 2016
Thank you Denise for your generous donation. You are 1 very brave lady. God definitely had you in the palm of his hand while you went through all those difficulties & challenges. Thank you for inspiring me, as you know depression is right there constantly because all normality of life is taken away. So my role as bread winner, playing an active role in my daughters life and athlete has been taken away, but life carries on, bills roll in, and no one except my family and I are effected. Keep my family and myself in your prayers and I will keep you in mine. God bless you Denise, thank you for your love and caring. Love Dustin
- Denise Redman
- Donated on Aug 03, 2016
Dustin, I've noticed in some of your comments you sounded-well, hopeless. I have been thru something similar. I fell off of my roof, on cement. I had broken my pelvis,in five places. I crushed my coccyx, and crushed and completely broke my left wrist. (I'm left handed, go figure) I was taken by ambulance (horrible pain) to a hospital that had the one surgeon in my state that could repair my wrist. She said it was like piecing together a jig saw puzzle. She did an excellent job, I have almost full use of my left hand. My pelvis was left to mend itself as they told me surgery was too risky. Well, 8 months later, after not even being able to walk or sit I was again working as a retail pharmacist. I wish I could say everything healed perfectly but it did not. Walking is painful, but I CAN WALK! I had to get off of the pain medication-that was very hard & took awhile. But I'm off of it. I can make it with Ibuprofen 400mg, 4x day. I cannot work anymore. I lost my house and my first born son died at 43 years old. Only when that happened, did I give up on living. And I tried to die. I was still on pain meds at that point. I know the pain patch you were/are on. I was on it along with oral pain meds. When my son died, I no longer felt I could endure one more hour with the physical and emotional pain I was in. As I was taking handfuls of pills, I was praying-trying to make peace with God. I said "God, I know you don't want me to go thru any more pain. Please forgive me.I said this each time I emptied a bottle of pills.I didn't think it was possible to have pain all around you, inside of you too; but it is. One of my sisters found me. Why am I telling you all of this. I want you to know I understand. I've also learned that the medication you are on(and need to be on) changes how you think. It makes you feel hopeless with no end in sight. But it does end, Dustin. You will get better. You must hang on, if not for yourself right now, do it for your family and all of us that love you. Of course you have unbearable pain-you broke your back!! Everything is shifted and your body is trying to compensate. Look toward that pain free day! It could be right around the corner!! Love, Denise
Thank you anonymous may God bless you for your kindness. Your gift is much appreciated. Thank you love Rose