Help Michelle Rebuild Her Life and Health

Hello, my name is Rachel Heller, oldest daughter of Michelle Ritch. I want to thank anyone reading this for taking the time to understand the severity of this issue, and appreciate any help and support. My mom has been struggling for a long time, but especially in the last month, very silently. I knew something was wrong when she told me her vision was getting worse and she was going to be going to the hospital. She put that off for 4 days until Sunday July 14. That night everyone was blowing up her phone: Me, my sister, my brother, my aunt, my dad, her friends that I was communicating with. Literally everyone. And there was no answer. This caused an uproar of panic, especially on her kids. Finally, my dad's girlfriend, Linda, went over to check on her and get her to the hospital. My mom continued to tell everyone she was ready to go, but she never actually was. When she never came out, Linda's daughter called the paramedics and they went into the house and found my mom laying on the floor, unable to move.

During the early morning hours on July 15, Michelle was hospitalized under a medical condition leading her on her way to a diabetic coma. The state she was found in was almost too late, and hearing that, haunts me. This has debilitated her health pretty severely, causing loss in eyesight, immobility throughout her entire body, and increased severity in her diabetes, resulting in her now being insulin dependent. She has quite a long rehabilitation process ahead of her. She is also unable to return to her home, the living state was the worst you can imagine. We are hoping to move her closer to her family on the East Coast, and she will need every single thing brand new from furniture to shoes and clothing, literally everything.

I cry every night at the thought of almost losing my mom. I have nightmares frequently. I know that until she is better and out of the hospital, these feelings won't go away. My mother and I are so so close and it breaks my heart to think that she couldn't reach out for immediate help when she needed it. I know I am taking it harder than my brother and sister are, and with this entire situation I have gained a lot of responsibility at 20 years old. I have housed my siblings for almost two months because of the state the home was in. I have helped my sister transport her cats 3 hours up north with us and have them boarded at someone's house in Arroyo Grande until the end of the month. My siblings have lost almost everything as well living in the state that they were. My boyfriend and I have done the best we can in getting them shoes and clothes, but there's only so much I can do now that I have bills and rent to pay haha, at least they have somewhere safe and clean they are now staying.

I'm never the type to ask people for money or donations, however this situation is going to be difficult to come out of. Any cost for medical bills that insurance won't cover, rehoming her to a temporary nursing facility to get her back on her feet for who knows how long, travel fees to get her moved across the country when she is well enough, anything helps to get her a brand new wardrobe of shoes and clothes, boarding and vet costs for the cats, getting the twins new everything, helping with any other unpaid bills that I have been now deemed responsible for.

A lot of this is a huge loss, but I can't thank God enough for keeping my mom here with me. I have never spoken to God the amount that I have recently and every day we keep getting good news towards her recovery and that's how I know He is watching over me and my family. I know my mom has so many of you who love and support not only her but her kids as well during this time. I never once would have expected to receive all the kind and heart warming messages that we have received. It's overwhelming in the best way possible and I am beyond grateful for all of it.

If you are able to donate any amount at any time, everything is appreciated and I know my mom, with the huge heart that she has, would appreciate it all so much.