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Christians memorial costs & daughter

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Hello, my name is Denise Roman . I am starting this fundraiser for my son Christian. On July 3rd 2022 Christian was involved in a head on dirt bike accident . When the hospital called me to inform me of what had happened , it sent a cold chill down my entire body . My youngest child was now in a battle for his life . When I arrived to the hospital they informed me Christian suffered a broken neck at the c4 vertebrae and would most likely be paralyzed from the waist down . Although Christian was faced with adversity he still had hope , as he had movement in his arms and they told my family he had a wonderful chance on the road to recovery . After a couple weeks in the hospital Christian aspirated, and was put on a ventilator . Soon after the hospital informed me Christian had a bright red spot on his butt and they were keeping a close eye on it because they assumed it was a pressure sore . About 2 weeks later they brought me into my sons hospital room and told me they needed to show me something . They proceeded to show me a grapefruit sized chunk of flesh missing from my sons butt and told me it had turned into a pressure sore , but assured me they were going to take care of it . I was absolutely traumatized . For days on end all I could think about was that missing chunk of flesh . I knew my sons battle just got 20x harder . Soon after this the hospital began trying to ease my son off of the ventilator , they started to have difficulties so they decided to transfer him to a long term facility that specialized in getting patients off of the ventilator . We were happy Christian would finally start to get off the ventilator , little did we know this would be the start of his battle . Christian was transferred to a long term facility in Tampa and at first it seemed great . After a few weeks they successfully got Christian off the ventilator . Soon after this Christian started to complain that he was in too much Pain to do wound care . We brought this to the hospitals attention and they assured us he was receiving adequate medicine to keep him out of pain . Christian was a warrior and fought his hardest every day , however he continued to complain about the pain . We brought this to the hospitals attention every chance we had and every single time they assured us Christian was receiving adequate pain medicine . After months , Christians insurance maxed out . At this point the hospital was doing everything they could to get my son sent somewhere else . They searched far and wide for a hospital or rehab that would accept him , when they realized his injuries were too severe for another facility to accept , they attempted to send him home . After multiple meetings with the top hospital staff we explained to them , that sending Christian home would ultimately lead to his death . So again , they searched . After realizing no where else would accept Christian , and even taking his bed away and giving him a lower quality one , they convinced my 20 year old baby to transfer to hospice . Once Christian brought this to my older son and I’s attention we informed Christian hospice is where people go to receive end of life care . Christian’s exact words were “mom I don’t want to die, I am going so I can get enough medicine to receive wound care , im never going to get better without wound care . If it’s not what I think it is I’ll get sent to a real hospital “. On Friday January 27th my oldest son and I had a meeting with the hospital in Tampa Christian was staying in . This was the last of many meetings . The hospital assured us Christian still had a great chance of recovery . We asked if he was septic , they replied no. We then asked about his bed sores and they proceeded to tell us , his bed sores had just been changed the day prior , and surprisingly they did not need a debridement. Although my son had already been fighting for months , this gave my family high hopes for his recovery. The next day my son was transferred to a hospice house around 7am . Around 8 am Christian FaceTimed me and asked me to order him chick fil a , which of course I did for my son . Around 9:30 am I received another call from Christian but this time I could not understand what he was trying to say . I knew something was WRONG. I called my oldest son immediately and told him to go check on Christian because I couldn’t understand him on FaceTime and I was at work . My son rushed 30 minutes to the hospice house , when he arrived , he was met by Christian laying in his hospital bed convulsing , cold , and completely colorless . Christian had again , aspirated . My oldest son called the paramedics immediately and they arrived and transferred Christian to the closest hospital. Upon Christian’s arrival the hospital took his blood . A few hours later they came back and informed me , my baby had been septic for months , his pressure sores were so bad that the gauze bandage was embedded into his flesh and to remove it would require multiple surgeries which would still not change the outcome , and that he was terminal. I was just informed my youngest son would be passing away . My entire world turned upside down . The ICU nurse told me she had worked in the ICU for 9 years and she had never seen sores as bad as my sons . She also informed me the facilities my son was in weren’t giving him anywhere near enough medication to stay out of pain . For the last 2 weeks of my sons life , he laid in bed unconscious , unaware of what was going on . The hospital in Tampa failed not only my son , but my family . If they told us sooner of my sons true condition we would have had a better chance to prepare for his passing and his daughter , however they lied to us and kept us in the dark. On February 5th 2023 at 6:14 pm my youngest son passed away , leaving behind a 3 year old daughter that loved her daddy more then life itself . Any donations are greatly appreciated and will directly be contributed to not only Christians memorial service , but the well being of his precious little girl . Although writing this has brought extreme sorrow to myself , I thank each and everyone of you for being apart of my sons life , and supporting him even after he has passed . I thank each and everyone of you from the bottom of my heart . Have a blessed day . Rest In Peace to my baby boy.
9/2/2002 - 2/5/2023 ❤️ Mommy loves you !
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    Denise Roman
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    Davenport, FL

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