Hi my name is Amber, and I never thought I’d be writing something like this but it has been a very rough last couple of months. We are not people that normally people that ask for help but with the uncertainty right now I feel like I have to swallow my pride. A little over a month ago my s/o got in an accident with the car we had just purchased 2 months prior. Even though thankfully him and his brother came out without a scratch the vehicle was totaled. I was 36 weeks pregnant at the time so the next day we urgently went to a dealer that worked their magic to make it where we were able to get a safe vehicle for us quickly. Well that night after purchasing the car we got home and noticed my ankles severely swollen which sent us to the ER where I was diagnosed hypertensive and they scheduled my induction for the day I turned 37 weeks (the next day). That induction turned into an emergency c-section when the cord got wrapped around her neck and her heart rate plummeted. She got delivered safely thanks the the urgency of mercy St. Louis and she avoided even needing the nicu. We thought we were through the worst of it but 2 weeks later her father ended up getting sick. It progressed to getting diagnosed with pneumonia and sent home by the next night he was lethargic and almost unresponsive. I got him to the ER and his oxygen was in the 50s and they started chest compression and put him on the ventilator because they felt he was very close to coding. Fast forward to they were not finding answers besides now saying he had bi-lateral pneumonia, sepsis, and strider. When we got out of there after 3 days we were home for about 16 hours and had to go back because hallucinations had been severe. Well same thing happened again while we were in the hospital and he again went unresponsive. They put him on the ventilator again and transported him to mercy St. Louis to find out why this was happening. They have found his vocal cords are paralyzed and obstructing his airway so he can not be exerting energy because his oxygen rapidly drops. At this point we do not know if he will be able to return to work since his job is labor intensive and they said this could be permanent. With me also being on maternity leave and not being released to return to work yet things are getting rough fast and medical bills are going to be rolling in because even though I have medical insurance he does not. I know times are hard for everyone so if you can even just share we would greatly appreciate it. Also thanks for baring with me and reading the short book on our current situation we are very private people so it’s not the easiest to put out there.