Help a new born daughter, new mom and dad

I first met Austin Glidewell when he made a donation for our “December of Deliciousness” for Selfless Love Foundation and I delivered him a well marbled ribeye….I knew immediately I liked him and we were going to be friends. He gave me a tour of his work and I knew he was proud of a good days work.

Later I learned more of his story, hard hard childhood, times of homelessness and a life of hard work.

He married young and had a kid when most kids are learning how to get a fake ID.

He divorced young and then found a good woman “who saved his life”. His life has been on the upside , he found a new job that allows him to have a time outside of work to spend with his future family, he didn’t want to miss moments with his girls

Austin got a great sales job with a dynamic company but no sales equals minimum pay.

2 months ago his wife was diagnosed with a condition no pregnant woman wants to have and causes a hospital stay the  and almost 2 weeks ago she went into an emergency birth.

His daughter and wife and in a critical health moment (details below) and they are facing a tough road

Shit has hit the fan with his daughter and wife to say the least (see more below)

He has a long haul in front of him. With no real savings and bills that will become quickly insurmountable.

When I heard he is selling possessions , I can’t sit still and let us do nothing.

I ask you to read below and consider to yourself, what if this is me? What if this was my daughter and wife? Could I swallow pride and ego and ask for help.

My ask is to share this and I hope we can raise some life changing money for someone who needs it. Someone we have broke bread with, someone who is a proud steaksman.

I am pushing this for him. He will be our charity partner for August.

United in Causes

All money will be given to Austin to pay hospital bills, rent and other month expenses.

From Austin

I’ve been quiet since last Tuesday. My wife and I haven’t posted anything publicly”outside of this private group” on Facebook about the birth of our daughter. I’m requesting prayers and positive vibes.

These last two months have been the hardest months of my life. I was living out of my Chevy S10 at 18 years old and that has nothing on this.

As some of you may know I was with a very well known moving company for 7 years. I was one of 4 original employees and worked my way to the top. The last two years I was working 16 hours a day 6 days a week running the west palm location facilitating 50 moves a day and over 250 employees. I had no time for my family. I left my position to be the primary caretaker for her since she was put on strict bed rest. I took a position with another company but have not been able to work much since then as my days have been spent mostly by her side both at home and in the hospital.

My wife was diagnosed about 2 months ago with preeclampsia and spent 6 days in the hospital. She then had doctors appointments 3 times a week until last Tuesday when she had to have an emergency C-Section.

It all went downhill from there. She was at a high risk for seizures so they had her on a 24 hour magnesium drip which didn’t allow her to get out of bed. She went 38 hours before seeing our daughter after giving birth. Then after visiting her only 2 times in NICU lily came down with a fever. Since then they have not been able to control it and cannot find the source of infection. They have done blood test after blood test, CT scans, ultrasounds, you name it. Still nothing. We are going on day 11 here at Wellington Regional.

As a man I feel helpless that I cannot help my wife and both of my girls are in the hospital. Baby Gianna has been having complications with her heart and she is being monitored closely. Lily has a mysterious infection that the doctors are baffled by.

I never thought that we would be in this situation. I always helped others. I always gave what I could. I always did what was right. I worked hard. I’ve worked since I was a kid. I’ve always had multiple jobs and it feels as though the rug was pulled from underneath me. Our life savings has dwindled down these last few months and it seems all hope is lost. But I will tell you this. We are strong. We are fighters. We will prevail. I am simply asking for prayers and positive vibes that all things will work out both financially and in health.

Once this is all over I’ll be back at the red meat lovers meatings and smoke inn Boynton to socialize again.

Thanks in advance.