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A White House security official has had parts of his feet and lower leg amputated after a battle with COVID-19, according to a GoFundMe page set up to help his rehabilitation efforts.

Organizer Dawn McCrobie said in a message posted on the page that Crede Bailey, the director of the White House’s security office, had recovered from COVID-19 but “at a significant cost: his big toe on his left foot as well as his right foot and lower leg had to be amputated.”

According to McCrobie’s post, Bailey had been in an ICU for three months and was now at a rehabilitation center undergoing physical therapy. The campaign request was increased to help cover the costs of medical bills, medical equipment, and accessibility modifications to his home and car.

“Consider yourself disabled for a moment and look around your house to imagine all the changes necessary to accommodate a disability of this magnitude” McCrobie wrote. “Of course this extends beyond his home and it will be important that he retain his independence.”

White House officials did not immediately return a request for comment on the GoFundMe campaign. As of Monday afternoon, supporters had raised more than $36,000 of the $50,000 goal.

Bailey’s illness was first reported in early October. He reportedly fell ill and was hospitalized shortly before the Sept. 26 official nomination of Justice Amy Coney BarrettAmy Coney BarrettTrump says election challenges ‘not over’ Biden team says it’s ‘no surprise’ Supreme Court rejected Texas lawsuit Time to hang up on a bad anti-robocall law MORE to the Supreme Court, an event that was later linked to numerous COVID-19 infections within the White House, including President TrumpDonald TrumpTrump decries Cleveland baseball team’s reported name change: ‘Cancel culture at work’ Trump says White House staffers shouldn’t be among first to get coronavirus vaccine Michigan to close legislative office buildings Monday due to ‘credible threats of violence’ MORE and first lady Melania TrumpMelania TrumpTrump White House staff among first to receive COVID-19 vaccine The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Congress moves to avert shutdown as virus talks stall again Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf tests positive for COVID-19 MORE.