My father has been fighting COVID since April 5th. He has been hospitalized since April 14th. He was transferred from St. Jude in Fullerton all the way to St. John’s in Santa Monica. He has been intubated twice and is currently connected to an ECMO machine. A week ago we were informed by his doctor that he has lost one of his lungs. We are looking into getting him a lung transplant to replace his dead lung. Reason we want this to happen is because the lung he still has functioning is only working 40%. He is not a US citizen and for this reason no hospital is willing to accept him because the transplant is an expensive treatment. If he were a US citizen hospitals would have already accepted him. This is the main reason why he has not been able to get the lung transplant done. Unfortunately hospitals in California won’t do a transplant unless there is an active insurance that will pay off the debt of the treatment. He has emergency medical but that medical won’t cover the cost. This is why we ask of your help to gather the funds for this transplant to get done. He is a father, husband, and grandfather. He has 3 children and 4 grands kids. We are seeking help to come up with all the money possible to get him his lung transplant ASAP. He has been fighting for his life against these horrible virus for almost 2 months now. We all miss him and are heartbroken with the terrible news we have gotten. Our only hope is getting as much help as possible to get him that lung and have him back home with us. We don’t believe it’s far that only because he isn’t a US citizen he isn’t able to get his transplant done. He is still young and strong. All his body organs are perfectly fine the only thing wrong are his lungs. This is why We ask that you guys please help us out with whatever is your will at this point anything helps. We greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

Mi padre ha estado luchando contra COVID desde el 5 de abril. Está hospitalizado desde el 14 de abril. Fue trasladado desde St. Jude en Fullerton hasta St. John's en Santa Mónica, hemos estado viajando todos los días durante un mes para verlo. Ha sido intubado dos veces y ha estado conectado a una máquina ECMO durante un mes. Hace una semana nos enteramos de que había perdido uno de sus pulmones. Estamos tratando de conseguir fondos para un transplants de pulmón. El no es ciudadano americano y debido a esto el no califica para seguro médico. Es por eso que el no a podido recibir su transplante de pulmón. El tiene medical de emergencia pero eso no cubre lo costos del tratamiento. Es por esto que les pedimos de su ayuda para el transplante de mi papá. Los gastos serán pagados de nuestro bolsillo.  Es esposo, padre, y abuelo. Tiene a su esposa, 2 hijos, 1 hija, 2 nietos, y 2 nietas a los cuales les hace mucha falta. Estamos buscando ayuda para conseguir todo el dinero possible para poder pagar su transplante lo más pronto possible. A estado luchando contra este horrible virus ya por dos meses. Todos lo extrañamos mucho y estamos con el corazón roto por la terrible noticia que nos dieron. Nuestra unica esperanza es tratar de conseguir la major ayuda posible para poder conseguirle ese transplante lo más pronto posible y tener reunido en casa con nosotros nuevamente. No es justo que solo porque el no califique para medical por ser inmigrante los hospitales no le quieran hacer el transplante. Desafortunadamente asi trabajan los hospitales aquí en California. Es por esto que les pedimos de todo corazón que nos ayuden con lo que sea su voluntad hasta lo que sea por más mínimo que sea ahorita cuenta mucho. De ante mano muchísimas gracias!