Important Update

• Posted by Reverend Giovano 'Koala' Fusco July 1, 2014 - #HEALTH  #FUNDS  #Mission trip  #bones  #concerns  - 816 views
  I have an important decision which I have finally got my answer: I don't know if you all have kept track with some updates where I have mentioned my left shoulder acting up well tonite it is really acting up a whole lot, I stopped working on idea of working on my walking because using the parallel bar to try to regain the ability put too much wear on the replaced shoulder ball n upper arm n my Dr. at the time Dr. Welch agreed that I can not put that much pressure on the left arm n shoulder ball... The upper is having more n more days of it acting up, what this mean, well going on the mission to LA's Dream Center has some challenges 1) if I go on mission with electric wheelchair that would make my movements easier on me n can use LA taxis to go to locations but when I return to Bradenton on early Sunday morning I would have no way to get home because no buses run on Sunday from airport to my home... I figure ok take my manual wheelchair pay wheelchair store to fix a few things to make more useable for this trip but know the shoulder n arm problem comes into play, if I use the manual wheelchair I would be putting a lot more wear on the replacement n arm... I wasn't thinking of that much but the increased amount of the arm acting up has me thinking is this a good idea for the arm, the mission is a good thing to do but is my body really up to do it??? My friend n mission group leader Nelson Ferrer has many good vibes about me doing the mission n I know it is a good thing to try to do but raising the funds for my share of the trip at near the level to good n think what little funds I have been raised towards me going would serve better towards an able body person also having fund raising issue troubles... There is also an issue that has been riding heavy in my head, I am blessed by Nelson thinking this but getting me into a passenger van by lifting me into n out of the van is possible but I Know that is Not an option... Some of might wonder why not??? Well I was born with brittle bones (aka Osteogenesis Imperfecta www.oif.org) n been told my latest x-rays shows signs of the on set of Osteoporosis which is another brittle bone condition some get when they get older but was warned that I might get it earlier the most n like recent x-rays shows I have the early signs of that as well... O what all that has to do with being lifted into out of a van well, I am not a skinny/lite person I may have lost much weight from my stomach surgery back from 2001 I have gained some back after my stroke 2008 not any where near the 360lbs+++ I was n now about 236lbs+/- that is still a lot to lift n even though I trust my fellow church members n know they would do anything not to drop me but it is a risk I Can Not take, if while lifting me someones twists their foor/leg n slip boom I drop n a high risk I fall n break n I really can risk a break... I had a broken hip in 2007 yes it was a car hitting me in my wheelchair the person driving the car did much to slow down n the tap of her car itself didn't hurt me but the bump pushed me out of my wheelchair n onto the ground n at 1st I was like oh that was close call I thought I was fine but when I tried to get up that is when I knew something wasn't ok... Falling from height of the wheelchair to the ground broke my hip that was about a height of 2' n the height from a wheelchair to a passenger van seat is WAY Too high to chance... So after much prayer n thought I have decided it is best if I do not go on the mission to LA it is sad to decide this but is the decision I think is the best for my body n well being n fund ways as well n makes more sense to let the others go without me n let them use the little funds I raise n since the funds are not refundable to the donator it makes more sense for another to use them... I recently chatted with the only person I know has donated towards me going about the funds even though he donated what he did to help me he said if I decided or couldn't go he understood letting another use the funds, my mother was super upset that the funds wouldn't be returned to my friend n says well that is a person that won't donate to my church again for their policy but I think my friend is better than that n if a cause arises he would step up, I know he has helped me for ages n ages of my life n know he has helped others so want to say thanks to him Patrick Foss for his donation that will go to help another in a mission n also to thank him for his many times of help he has done to help me n other n one that stop being Pat's friend on bad terms n drifted away from friendship with me as well but he is not forgotten, n I hope/pray Tony is doing well up there in Portland, ME... Well sorry this was so long but had much to say which my normal KISS (keep is simple stupid) wouldn't work :-) HUGs to you all!!!