
Help Shawntee and her girls!!
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Hello everybody, unfortunately Levon lost the battle with the lung disease he was diagnosed with on 07/17/2021 at 1:10pm. Below is Levons story and fight to get new lungs. I have increased the financial goal for this go fund me page for Shawntee and her girls because Levon was the sole provider for their family. They need all the support we can give them financially. Thank you again for reading, and your love and support. Please please help if you can.
(Hello, my name is Scotee McCullers, and I am a friend to the Lyons family. As many of you may know Levon has been in the hospital fighting to heal his lungs. It all started when he was so out of breath with not a lot of activity to make him out of breath. It didn't make sense, so he went to the doctor and found out the next step was to get a biopsy of his lung. They took the biopsy to test and diagnosed him with a rare lung disease called Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP).
After the biopsy, Levon went home for a week before he ended up going back to the hospital and put straight into ICU worse than he was before. They had him on 20 liters of oxygen and he was still having a really hard time breathing. He was doing well with the antibiotics they had him on, and he was moved out of ICU for a few days and we were hopeful that he would be able to come home. But bad turned to worse real quick and he ended up back in the ICU on a biPAP machine to help him breath. His lungs just keep filling up with fluid and they can't get it to stop. The doctors have determined that Levon's lungs are beyond repair and are permanently damaged. They have put him on the transplant list for 2 new lungs. Because of Covid restrictions and hospital rules, Levon's 3 girls have not been able to go and see their dad because they are all under the age of 12 and that has taken a toll on the whole family. Levon will never be the same, and his life of being active will change tremendously.
Levon does have insurance, but we do not know how much of this they will cover. He is on short term disability which only gives him 60% of his normal pay. Shawntee is working hard trying to pay the bills and support their 3 children. I am asking anyone who loves this family to all pull together to help them out financially to give them piece of mind in knowing that bills and the mortgage are paid, food is on the table, medical expenses that are not paid for by insurance will by taken care of and just knowing they have a village behind them supporting them in this difficult time so all they need to concentrate on is healing. If you can find it in your heart and are able to donate and help them out, please do. Anything helps! even if it's $20.00 it still adds up in a big way.)
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. Please say a prayer for the Lyons family. They need all the prayers they can get right now. Your kindness will mean the world to them.
Organizer and beneficiary
Scotee McCullers
Organizer
Aurora, CO
Shawntee Lyons
Beneficiary