We've broke $8000!
We are now at $8,207.27!! Squee! I wanted to post sooner, but I was unable to get to my PC today.

Anyway, major kudos to everyone who came through and to Katherine Keller, the awesome woman behind Sequential Tart, for offering to donate an additional $500 if we broke $8000 by the end of September.

Thank you all so much!

I am continuing to try hard. Joe and I are moving a little further north, near Chapel Hill, which might mean I have to find another ortho (again??) before I start. *grumbles* But luckily there seem to be a lot of orthognathic surgeons in Chapel Hill! I'm inquiring about my options. The last ortho I spoke with implored me to get health insurance before I started, just in case it covered anything. I'm finally starting to see some work come in, so fingers crossed that I can afford some in the future. We'll see. But I'm going to start with or without it. (Thankfully, he also said a few months weren't going to kill me.)

So big update, and a big honking thank you!!!!