Re: Bills from kidney surgery
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:47 am
I have been attending University of West Georgia for a little under 3 years. I get student loans, I wouldn't be able to afford rent and bills without them.
A few months ago, there was an incident in which I was almost killed by a 9mm kidney stone that had been growing in my kidney for over 5-6 years. Now I have tons of bills from this surgery. It had blocked my right ureter, causing a severe infection.
One night I went into septic shock and had to go to the ER. The ER doctor told me the infection was so incredibly bad that I would not have survived another 48 hours.
This happened while I was enrolled in classes at the university. It also happened at a very bad time. It was too late for me to withdraw from the classes. I had to have a stint installed into my kidneys and have bills from that too. I could not attend classes and had to have 2 surgeries.
Because of this, I ended up failing all my classes. So, I reached out to the school to see what we could do to get me back in classes. Due to my failing all the classes, there was a $7,800 fee that I obviously couldn't afford to pay. So, I applied for what they called a "Hardship Withdrawal". The application took about 2 months to get approved.
I was told that it would take care of all the fees. Apparently, that wasn't the case. There is now a hold on my account due to withdrawing from all my classes, an unsubsidized loan for a little under $2,000 is causing a hold on my account.
Obviously, I can't pay these kidney bills. My disability is only $785 a month. It's not enough for me to even pay rent.
Please tell me there is some sort of program that can help me pay this fee so I can get back in school.
A few months ago, there was an incident in which I was almost killed by a 9mm kidney stone that had been growing in my kidney for over 5-6 years. Now I have tons of bills from this surgery. It had blocked my right ureter, causing a severe infection.
One night I went into septic shock and had to go to the ER. The ER doctor told me the infection was so incredibly bad that I would not have survived another 48 hours.
This happened while I was enrolled in classes at the university. It also happened at a very bad time. It was too late for me to withdraw from the classes. I had to have a stint installed into my kidneys and have bills from that too. I could not attend classes and had to have 2 surgeries.
Because of this, I ended up failing all my classes. So, I reached out to the school to see what we could do to get me back in classes. Due to my failing all the classes, there was a $7,800 fee that I obviously couldn't afford to pay. So, I applied for what they called a "Hardship Withdrawal". The application took about 2 months to get approved.
I was told that it would take care of all the fees. Apparently, that wasn't the case. There is now a hold on my account due to withdrawing from all my classes, an unsubsidized loan for a little under $2,000 is causing a hold on my account.
Obviously, I can't pay these kidney bills. My disability is only $785 a month. It's not enough for me to even pay rent.
Please tell me there is some sort of program that can help me pay this fee so I can get back in school.