February Update-

We are still waiting for a decision from the State and have become out of options, out of ideas, and out of time.

any shares, donations, likes, prayers would be IMMENSELY appreciated. We love you all and Victor is here because of all of your support but a man who was a breadwinner who built his home for his family with zero help has no had to rely on everyone and there is no help for us. It’s ran dry. We miss our old apartment and I can’t work without a vehicle. We miss our life before this and are so grateful for our life after Victor’s fight for his life. We are tired of burdening our family members and need our own space to heal. Our own little beater car to get from doctors and feel freedom. Right now we are grateful prisoners at our families home while they go on living life we are watching by. We are so thankful for everyone who has given a penny offered a meal a prayer and shared our story. God has a plan we love you all.

November Update-

We have exhausted all donations medically and basic needs during the past nearly 9 months. We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for getting us through and bringing our Victor back home.

Our family needs a place to recover to reconnect to regain our independence. We lost our home, our vehicle, our freedom, and that all can be replaced but waiting on SSI and disability is a strain that is putting us further and further into a hole when Victor needs to be focused on his recovery and what he gains physically he struggles mentally not being able to save his family. I am a caregiver full time and a full time Mother to a 5 year old who has been very traumatized by the last 9 months. My daughter has lost everything that made her feel safe, at home, she’s lost stability. I get no spousal support through the state of Michigan and am unable to work due to my husband being blind after his stroke his condition is called diplopia and it’s like looking through a prism. He cannot trust his own eyes. With neither of us able to work or bring in any income I turn to anyone willing to help get us through the holidays, bring some happiness to my daughters eyes and a reminder of love & tradition. Provide some normalcy in some way to her. But to find help with a place to live and a vehicle so we can slowly start to dig out of this hole. A hole I feel is swallowing us and I can’t do this alone.

thank you all we love you all and keep us in your prayers. please share donate anything it adds up. happy holidays.

October Update-

Hello everyone thank you for all your support and generosity. We couldn’t do this without you. Times are certainly tough trying to navigate disability and ssi. The wait is never ending and we have no income. On top of that, we have to find a place in the next two months so that’s just another strike in the battle of recovery. We are in need of a lot of assistance and resources. Victor is legally blind and unable to see unless it’s right up to his eyes and even then he has trouble. It’s called diplopia and makes everyday sight like a prism, he cannot tell how far something is away and sees multiples. This makes for everyday a struggle and I have to care give to make sure he doesn’t hurt himself. His surgeries are recovering but the pain mentally is hurting him more than the physical pain. Not being able to provide for us, do simple tasks, do his favorite hobbies, run his ebay store, drive, or go anywhere alone. His independence has been taken from him and that adjustment has been hard. On the other hand he is extremely grateful to be alive, to have been given a second chance at life and the outcome could have been much different much worse. He thanks god every day for saving him. But we would be lying if we didn’t admit the new normal has been a very difficult struggle for our family. While we wait, I would like to go back to work part time while we have the help so he is not alone but without a vehicle that is very difficult. We are trying to rebuild, recover & replace what was lost while we express our gratitude and love & appreciation to every single one of you. If you could please share, share, repost as much as you can, every dollar matters. We just need to get back on our feet as a family of 3. However long that might take. I know with prayers and our supporters we will make it out of this hole we are in. We are so grateful and thankful to god and all of you.

xo the juncaj family

September update/ victor has had a horrible few months regressing and falling victim to a rare disorder called Sudden Flap Syndrome it destroys your neurological system depending on gravity. these are our updated victors and our updated story and we need help NOW! he has had two critical life saving surgeries open heart and a craniotomy in 6 days. I’m lost without my partner and I am in need of well everything. Being his caretaker not accepted for disability and being a mother has been my life but with your support you’ve got us this far. Paid bills we’d be drowning in and never would have made procedures or medications possible. You’ve given us hope when we had none and for that I thank you so much.

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our whole lives not just his depends on it

On March 18 at 8:22 pm, I had to make a 911 call that would change our life forever. My husband, Victor Juncaj, thought he had a flu bug, with a dull headache and fever for a few days prior. Until the 18th, when he took a nap, and after checking in on him every 15 minutes, hydrating him, and monitoring his low-grade temp, he suddenly became unresponsive to any of my attempts to wake him or get any sign of consciousness besides breathing on his own. My 4-year-old daughter would not leave her father's side and could not understand how he couldn’t wake up to her cries. 911 could not wake him and immediately took him to the ER. After 4 hours of being unable to see him or speak to anyone regarding his situation, I was sent home. On my way almost out the door, an angel, a doctor from the ER, grabbed me and asked me what the last week was like for Victor. I mentioned he tripped on stairs, hitting his head while carrying too many groceries two weeks ago. I included the fevers, the headaches, the tiredness, and this doctor went back and did an emergency CT. All after 4 hours of them letting him sit there and wait without us seeing him or even a doctor seeing him this Dr finally went back and took me seriously. I was called back to the hospital and told he has a hemorrhagic stroke/aneurysm, a very, very large brain bleed on the back left side, and would be having life-saving brain surgery within the next 30 minutes. At 6 am, we finally got to see him in post-op. The doctors said he was the most critical patient in the hospital. It is now March 26, and Victor has awoken with a long, long, long road ahead of him. He was diagnosed with MRSA and will have to, when strong enough, undergo open-heart surgery to replace his left aortic valve, which has the infection on it. Victor had been undergoing intense dental work over the last year, and they believe an infection spread and caused a large vegetation on his left valve. My husband has a long fight ahead: another brain surgery, open-heart surgery, and intense rehabilitation. He was a provider, an amazing father, and the love of my whole life. I am struggling without him, and I am terrified but must remain strong for my daughter and for him. My days are spent split between providing normalcy and comfort for our child and spending the majority of my day at the hospital, taking shifts with family so he is surrounded by love and support. I will do whatever I have to do to keep my family from losing more and to provide for us as long as it takes. I thank everyone for the love, positivity, prayers, and messages. We are extremely humbled by each and every one. Victor and I have never asked anyone for help for anything in our lives, and we built a beautiful life that has changed forever overnight. I cannot be ashamed to ask for help during this nightmare. Thank you for your support. You’ve been there with me each day since the early hours of the 19th and continue to provide your prayers and love daily. We will overcome this, and I will be by his side until he’s back home with us. We thank and love you all.

Sincerely,

Danielle Juncaj