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Hi, my name is Cesar Pineda. The reason of this fundraiser is to bury my son Adan Pineda. My fiancee Brittany Sambrano and I were happily expecting our baby boy with whom she was 7 months pregnant, until a tragedy occured. On August 7, 2020 Brittany and I were out driving late getting something to eat. At the time we were staying at my sister's house in Victorville, California. When we reached the intersection of Amethyst and La Mesa Roads, that's when our lives changed forever. As we were crossing that intersection, a car T-boned us at lightning speed. That car came out of nowhere at a real high speed. We just remember seeing a white bright light when it was about to struck us. After we were impacted, our car spun violently a few times. We must had hit a pole because there was damage all around the car. Once our car came to a stand still I asked my girlfriend 'if she was ok?'. When I heard her groans, I knew she wasn't. She was in pain. I immediately stepped out of the car and ran to her side of the car. I tried opening her door and realized she was trapped inside the car. I wasn't able to pull her out and I felt the impotence of not being able to help the woman I love. Fortunately, the firemen and paramedics arrived quickly to the scene. They immediately started using the 'jaws of life' machine and were able to pull Brittany out of the car. But as she was being pulled out her pain became excruciating. She started screaming in agony. Once inside the ambulance, I came to her side and shortly a helicopter had landed on the street to fly her away to Loma Linda's University Hospital. After she was gone, paramedics asked me if I wanted to be taken to the hospital by ambulance because of my injuries but I declined. They did advise me to go to the hospital and get checked out because they feared I might have punctured a lung. My sister was at the scene because I had called her and was the person that drove me to the hospital, along with my niece. Once I got to Loma Linda's University Hospital I was admitted to the E.R. They took x-rays of my torso and I was waiting for the results. Once the results were in, a doctor went and read me my diagnostic (a few broken ribs) and gave me the saddest news of my life. He told me that my son didn't make it. That my son had died upon the impact of the crash and was a stillbirth. Brittany's uterus had bursted and had to be removed. A hysterectomy was performed on her and only one ovary was left intact. This was going to be our first baby together, so that dream has been shattered. On top of that, she had a broken hip, pelvis and ankle. And she had some broken bones in her back. Her spleen was also damaged and some surrounding organs around the uterus had to be stitched because they had bursted too. In the process of doing all these repairs they had to cut Brittany's whole stomach's length in a vertical line and was left open for more than 24 hours to make sure they had stopped all the internal bleeding. Right now she is in recovery and everyone says it was a miracle that she is alive. She truly is a miracle and for that I am grateful with God. But the pain of our baby not being with us will endure forever in our hearts. And our love for him will also be perpetual. Initially, we were going to cremate our baby because it was a cheaper option. But our beliefs are Catholic based and we want to give our baby a proper burial to lay his body to rest. So hopefully whoever finds himself/herself reading this will find it in their heart to help us out by making a donation. Every donation, big or small will be appreciated. And if a donation can't be made, a prayer for our baby will be deeply appreciated as well. So thank you everyone for your time and may God bless you all.
