Hello, my name is Joshua and I really need your help. I have an anoxic brain injury caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, which happened to me in February of 1996. The doctors did not predict that I would be more than a greeter at Wal-Mart. I was in a wheelchair for approximately one year before I relearned how to walk. My best friend Reed was asleep on the couch. He died, and I was in a coma for 11 days.

When I came to, I couldn't move the entire right half of my body. I thought I had been in a bad car wreck, but my mother told me that Reed was dead, and she also told me my prognosis. I literally worked harder than I had ever worked at anything. I set a goal that I would walk again and that I would continue getting my education. I was 21 years old in 1996.

So, I have gone many, many years without any help from anyone, but I can no longer afford to do this on my own.

Thank you for reading my story and thank you for any contribution that you can give.

My parents taught me to never give up, so I have not given up yet.