Aaliyah's treatment costs

I'm raising money for my daughter, Aaliyah Hope's medical treatment. This has probably been the hardest year of both of our lives.

Aaliyah has suffered with mental illness all her life, but this past year I've almost lost her to suicide SEVERAL times, plus her eating disorder has gotten so bad that shes wasting away right in front of me. We're both at a point where we don't know what else to do and my momma heart is breaking. We're currently admitted at the hospital awaiting, which may be several days or a week, for a transfer to a behavior hospital with hopes to be referred to a long term residential treatment center and it's more than likely going to be out of state.

Insurance doesn't cover most residential treatment facilities and they cost well over $35,000 which is what I'm trying to raise. We've tried medical hospitals, inpatient at behavior hospitals, therapy, psychiatry, eating disorder facilities, holistic... I'm at a loss! The only thing we haven't been able to do- the one thing she needs- because of the cost and insurance, is a residential treatment facility which is where she'll get one on one help in a safe environment that's equipt to help her in the ways she needs so she'll learn coping skills and so much more that so we don't have to keep going down this road.

I've asked myself and my God why did my daughter get this curse? When your 3 year old has imaginary friends you don't typically think anything of it. Then she's 8 and the imaginary friends are still hanging around and she starts telling you that the devil is telling her to do things that she doesn't want to do. At 13 she starts experimenting with drugs to make the voices go away and by 16 she's diagnosed with bipolar, PTSD, major depressive disorder and on and on... now I'm fighting for her life, for her to just be ok and live a good quality of life. I don't want to lose my baby girl.

I use to tell her growing up that God blessed me with her as a comedic relief in life because she was always making everyone laugh. She's always been such a creative, insightful, beautiful soul and she deserves to live a full life regardless of her insurance or social status.

This has taken a toll on every aspect of my life including my job and my marriage. And it's so hard to talk to anyone about it because no one understands. I hear "all teenagers go thru hard times," "there's a mental illness crisis with all youth right now because of social media, etc," and although this is true, when your child tells you that even when she's alone she's not alone because of all the voices and hallucinations and she just wants them to stop, you know your child isn't just going thru "normal" teenage stuff. I wish she could've gonna thru normal teenage stuff! She couldn't even stay in public school because of her mental illnesses so there's never been a prom, or senior trips and the won't be a senior graduation.

I know in my heart of hearts, with your help, that helping Aaliyah get into a long term residential treatment facility will not only keep her safe, it will save her life! She's got a lot of complex issues that need the best of care and the best treatments. I'm praying, and crying and begging and pleading that my daughter survives her illness and gets the help she needs. Thank you all for reading our story and for your generous donations. God bless you all.