Hello everyone. I have recently started a charity fund to raise money for my medical expenses. I am the victim of a rare congenital disorder and will post my story below. If you would like to donate any amount at all I appreciate it. Doesn't matter which amount, even $0.01 is apprecation. [b]Paypal: joachimantheunis@hotmail.com[/b] I will also answer any further questions you have about the surgery, life with a 50% lung capacity, ... Here is my story + proof I am not lying: [url=http://gyazo.com/e0268ec1425825c98b89e3c6546a09c7]Picture of a radiology report confirming my condition and surgery (I'm Belgian so it's in Dutch but you can see the matching name and google translate if you wish)[/url] [url=http://gyazo.com/5e86f0af8664cb1a78158df36d7269ef]X-ray from said radiology[/url] I had a very rare congenital defect called pulmonary sequestration. Around the start of october I coughed up large blood clots which I have done before when I had pneumonia a few years back. There was nothing on a regular CT scan though so they did another one with constrast fluid which showed the disorder. I had an aorta sized artery going from my aorta right next to my heart to my right lung. The arterial pressure was too high because of the size of the artery and its branching off into half of my right lung and I had a small tear causing a small lung hemorrhage. If the tear was any bigger I would've died. I saw one of the top lung surgeons immediately and got surgery a few days later on the 17th of october. Because that artery was located right next to my heart and the existing tear there was also a chance I'd die during surgery. Unfortunately for me I also had one of the most complex cases of said defect the surgeon had ever seen. The surgery actually went really well and the surgeon managed to remove half my right lung and the artery via laparascopy. I remained in the hospital for 5 days with a chest tube, urinal catheter, central catheter, arterial catheter and epidural catheter. I received around 6 or 7 painkillers including morphine and something 800x more powerful than morphine and was still in a lot of pain until my chest tube was removed. As for school I dropped out of nursing school because I got sick all the time, and having constant posttraumatic pains in my legs and back. I tried going to school but lasted 3 days in a row at most before having trouble breathing or being in too much pain so I quit. I've been home since January and have struggled with depression and the effects of a stress disorder since. Recovery takes about 6 to 9 months and 1/3 of people getting this surgery fully recover, 1/3 have occasional issues and 1/3 have lasting problems. I have to wait and see which group I'm in but for now I'm not too positive about it. I am currently on 2 antidepressants because of clinical depression and am going to therapy for PTSD next week. I'm am also following breathing therapy so you can imagine the costs of these. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this.