My husband is 32, I’m 29 and was hit by a semi 10 years ago. The longest I’ve been able to go in that time without surgery & sedation is 9 months. We finally have so many answers after needing medical care all over the country, I deal with plenty of pain but live a relatively normal life. Since I have needed surgery every 4 to 9 months since being hit by a semi in 2014 and was hit by another vehicle approximately a year and a half ago, I have had to deal with so many surgeries, so much pain and so much time spent in bigger cities away from Montana, which is my home that I love. My husband grew up with his wonderful Irish family in Montana as well, but following high school, he decided to enlist in the Marines as opposed to college. He loved his four years in active duty, he spent a couple years overseas as a machine gunner in the infantry. Now he coaches and manages for Montana MMA while doing some building and property management. He is hard-working and so dedicated to this family.

My decade of medical expenses and issues stemming from various surgeries has taught me so much, it has really showed me how to advocate for myself and others amongst medical professionals, and it has solidified my positive attitude, resilience, determination and extraordinary high levels of pain tolerance. I have a 10 level fused neck at this point after 6 broken & shattered cervical vertebrae, I broke all the bones in my left arm, 4 in my hand, my hip, pelvis, shin and heel. I had extensive organ damage and complications. I’ve grown accustomed to so much pain and metal in my body, but am blessed to wake up every day and feel the pain, as healthy as possible. I was told by doctors that I’d never carry to term for a couple reasons, one of which is my metal hip. They said if I were to try to get pregnant, my hip would expand to the point where it would break my hip again and put me in a wheelchair for months, unable to lift or move my leg and all this with major surgery occurring in the 7-8th month of the pregnancy is clearly not a good plan as we could easily put our babies life in danger. We are beyond grateful we got healthy embryos through IVF. As important as it has been for me and my husband to start a family, we always knew they were going to be challenges, and we are happy to overcome anything that comes our way. We wish this process was more affordable, but it’s also priceless, and we want to encourage others to utilize resources in hopes to lesson the cost and find better solutions.