Hello my name is Kimberly Houghton-Bryan and I write this GoFundMe to ask for much needed prayers, financial help and some kind of break from the constant stress. My husband, Lee Bryan, is very ill not to mention he is a UK citizen and cannot work even if he was able. I married my husband a little over 2 1/2 years ago this past June; he is only 36. 2021 has hit me hard, it has been the worst year of my life. It started on June 3rd, I had to revive my best friend, as she had an asthma attack and stopped breathing in my home.

Twelve days after on June 15th, I received a call that my dad was in the hospital and they didn’t think he would make it through the night, he was in severe heart failure. So, I flew to Florida to be by his side and my husband came with me. My dad pulled through, but had gotten MRSA from the hospital and he had to go into a skilled nursing facility to recover. When we returned from Florida, my husband was very swollen and I made him go to the hospital. He had thrown a blood clot to his liver and his liver was failing. While there, the actual hospital that I worked at as well, gave him a medication that stopped/slowed his heart and he needed to be revived right in front of me. At the same time, they let me go from my job as I was missing too much time from work because I was newly hired there in March, 2021. When he finally got out of the hospital on July 27th, we were all very happy, more like elated by the fact that our prayers were answered and he was on the mend.

The very next morning July 28th, my best friend, who was staying with us because of what had happened on June 3rd, went to take a shower and again stopped breathing. My husband found her lifeless on our bathroom floor. We were devastated with grief. Ten days after that, I received another call, this time from the skilled nursing facility in Florida. My dad had contracted COVID-19 Delta variant from his nurse. Needless to say my dad’s heart was not strong enough for him to fight it even though he was vaccinated, my dad passed away August, 25th. Back to Florida I went and again my husband came with me, this time we drove. Lee however started swelling up again and went back into the hospital where they told us the blood clot from July did a lot more damage than they had thought. My husband is now on the liver transplant list and has only about a 20% chance to live this year. He has no friends or family here, including his 13 year old daughter, as they all live in England. He can’t fly home and my kids and I are all he has here in New York. I am the only one working at what used to be my second job and trying to take care of him while searching for a new full time job. I have spent every last penny trying to keep my insurance via COBRA so we don’t lose medical coverage and pay all our monthly bills for a family of four. At this point, I have no money left for any of our November bills and going forward the next few months, for the costs of his continued care, prescriptions and nothing for the anticipated medical bills for the out of pocket maximum that I know are coming from both hospital stays he just had. I pray that God will not take my husband from me and from our children. I am trying my best to be strong and have faith, that our prayers will be answered for him to get a liver and that we can find some financial help to relieve the stress. But should God’s gift to me be allowing me the knowledge of the possible short amount of time we may have left together, I want his last 8-12 weeks (few months) to be filled with lots of love and family time spent together and for the both of us not to worry about how to pay the bills now and when he is gone. I want him to be able to see his daughter and parents and be able to bring them here for a visit. Not to worry about the cost or extra expense on top of the mountain of all the other bills. I have never asked for anything in my life and this is very hard for me to even ask now. When my husband uttered “I am turning into being a huge burden and I feel like I have ruined your entire life”, was the final straw that broke me, to be honest, more like shattered me.

We come before you very humble and ask for help in our time of greatest need. We thank you sincerely from the bottom of our hearts for even your consideration of making a donation. Please pray for my husband, for my family and please know any help and prayers are truly appreciated beyond words I could have written.

Funds from this GoFundMe will truly be used to make the next few months less stressful, pay the medical insurance COBRA, out of pocket max, continued care as well as help with all our monthly bills including our mortgage and with the hopes of having enough to bring his daughter and parents here to be with us too. I will absolutely update all of you as we go through this very difficult journey. With love and appreciation for the time we have, and the time we may have yet to come as a family, especially if he gets a liver from all your added prayers. We thank you for all your help, kindness, compassion, love, best wishes, support, for standing with us and for reading this.

 

Kimberly Houghton- Bryan