Please help Derek & his family through this crisis

A few days before Christmas my brother Derek Menadue told me he was officially "Covidy".  The next couple days his wife and 2 of his 3 kids also tested positive.  By 12/28 he was being rushed to South Shore Hospital and by 1/11 he  was intubated.  He told his wife Laura he wasn't going to talk with his kids or the rest of the family, as he was just going to sleep for a bit and then wake up and get better.  Unfortunately it hasn't been that easy.  A week later he was taken by med flight to Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he's been since.  

Last week we were hopeful that he would receive a tracheostomy and then could start the long road back to recovery.  Unfortunately on Super Bowl Sunday they discovered he'd lost an extremely large amount of blood.  He had to have an emergency procedure that did not stop the bleeding so they then needed to perform full blown surgery in the middle of the night.  Derek survived this and on Tuesday actually stabilized. 

Sadly,  we discovered his lungs were suddenly developing severe fibrosis on Wednesday and Thursday.  Laura and the kids were allowed to go in and see him.   He remains on very high ventilator support and they're treating him with dozens of medicines.  But the doctors have told us that the next couple days will be critical in telling us how all this will turn out.  We're praying for a miracle.

Meanwhile, vast medical expenses are piling up, Laura and her children have finally recovered from their Covid illness, but there's been very little income over the past several weeks.  I'm hoping you all can help us to help them.  Please consider donating so we can lift some of the burden from their shoulders.  We are so grateful for any amount you could donate.

I'll keep you all updated as this journey continues.  In the meantime, please share this among your friends and family.  Please do say a prayer for Derek, Laura, Costa, Lake and Arianna.  Please donate what you can. 

With love and gratitude, 
Lisa