Diana Watkins & Family

On Friday, February 24, 2023, Diana was rushed to the hospital after experiencing back pain and panicky symptoms in the afternoon. In the early hours of Saturday morning, Diana underwent emergency open heart surgery (an aortic dissection) to repair a torn aortic valve. The surgery lasted for 5 hours and she was surrounded by family and friends to support her during that time.

Since then, Diana has been fighting (she's our Dee; she's a fighter). She is being held in the ICU as she works on recovering from all of this. Her lungs are having a hard time and she's been on a ventilator since the heart surgery; her heart handled the surgery well, but her lungs still need help. She's also been in a medically induced coma and was under full-body paralysis up until a couple of days ago.

Given this, the family is asking anyone who can help to donate at this time, mostly for groceries, gas, monthly bills, etc.. Diana will be out of work for months while she recovers from this, and Kris, Reanna and Layne appreciate any and all help.

Already we've seen so much love and support for Diana; she has such a big heart and is a bright light to so many.

Thank you in advance for all your help, love and support during this hard time.