Updates

You gave. You get to see everything.

Milestones, setbacks and invoices. If something goes wrong, that gets written here too.

$45,000: Full cost of surgery, hospital and recovery
$0: Raised so far, published openly
100%: Of every gift goes to medical costs
4: Update categories reported here

TodayDay one
The fund opens at zero
No head start, no anonymous benefactor, nothing hidden. It begins at zero because I would rather show you the truth than a comfortable number. Whoever gives first, I will remember your name for the rest of my life.
- Raised so far: $0
- Target: $45,000
- Donors: 0
Coming nextMedical
Surgical quote published in full
The itemised quote goes up here the moment I have it in writing, line by line, with nothing removed.
- 4 cost categories
- Itemised, not summarised
- Published as a PDF
Coming nextMilestone
The day the date is booked
The moment the fund covers enough for the theatre deposit, I book the surgery and you will hear it here before anywhere else.
- Theatre deposit: $26,000
- Booking window: 4 to 8 weeks
- Announced here first
Coming nextRecovery
The weeks after, written honestly
Recovery is part of the cost, so it is part of the reporting. Appointments, medication, the days that go well and the days that do not.
- 6 weeks off work
- $6,500 recovery budget
- Weekly written updates

Selfie of me with a headband and glasses, standing indoors

How I will report back

Every invoice, published

As each cost is paid, the invoice appears here so you can match the spending to the total raised.

Setbacks reported too

If a date moves, a quote rises or something goes wrong, that gets written here in the same place as the good news.

No quiet endings

When the fund closes, a final summary is posted covering every dollar received and every dollar spent.

The next update could be the one where I say thank you.

Medically necessary care, refused funding.