One of our parents has suffered a stroke within the last week. Bill Thomas, who some of you may know is the bass player for Big Smith, had a stroke while at a performance site out of state. He is in the hospital and is making great progress. With any extended hospitalization, especially ones where Intensive Care is involved, even the well insured have a mountain of expenses to weed through afterward and with a stroke, there will be some ongoing therapy.
The family needs our love, support and prayers. His wife's name is Carrie and they have two children, so please take time to pray for this lovely family.
Big Smith has set up an account if anyone is moved to help with the extra medical expenses not being covered by their insurance.
Below is the information the band has posted on their Face Book page. You can follow his progress there.
"An update on Bill Thomas:
... we have set up a fund to help with Bill and Carrie's upcoming financial challenges. They have insurance, but as you are all aware there will be many additional expenses. And of course Bill has concerns about when he'll be able to resume playing music for a living. Here is how you can contribute.
Electronically:
Make a donation to Big Smith's PayPal account. Go to www.bigsmithband.com and find the "donate" button for the Cousin Bill fund. Or, go to www.paypal.com and follow the steps to make a payment to cousins@bigsmithband.com. All transactions that go through our PayPal account will go to Bill's fund.
Via the mail:
Make your check or money order out to "Big Smith" and include "Cousin Bill" on the memo line and mail it to:
Cousin Bill donation fund"
2020 N Douglas Ave
Springfield, MO
65803
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