Hi, my name is Rosalynda Garcia. My family and I recently had to let my little brother, Fernando, pass because it was hurting him more than helping him being here with us. On April 26 at 9:14, we came home to Nando unconscious and in cardiac arrest. We still don’t know how or why it happened. I do believe Nando knew something was wrong because he went around and turned every light off before he went into the back and wasn’t seen again. I’m so grateful for my cameras because without them we would be completely lost. Hopefully, soon we have our questions answered after the autopsy.

We quickly rushed to get him to the hospital since the ambulance was taking so long. They finally got here after a couple of minutes, but it felt like forever when one of your family’s life is at risk. I couldn’t be there for him through all of it, but at least his mom could. That’s all that matters. My brother fought so hard for his life. He had so many surgeries in so few days. He’s never had any surgeries in his life. He fought for exactly 1 week and 3 days. I know how hard that was; he was so tired. In total, he had 5 cardiac arrests. His last one really did damage to him and his brain. His heart was failing, his lungs, he was even at risk of losing his leg. His brain was swelling. The nurses told us even when Nando did wake up, he wouldn’t be the same person, talk, walk, or even eat on his own, and that was okay. We still wanted him alive. But then the nurses would say he wasn’t gonna wake up at all. When I got to the hospital with his siblings, I saw for myself he was suffering so bad. He had fluids building up in his lungs and was at risk of drowning from it, and that would put him in more pain, so that’s why we decided to let him go. I know he went peacefully. He’s not depending on all those machines, and he’s gonna be up in heaven with our grandma watching over us and most likely talking her head off. I know the doctors did everything they could. We are so grateful for them and the nurses, but as they said, Nando was getting worse, not better. We all saw it for ourselves. It’s so messed up. Nando just turned 17 four months ago. He still had so much life to live.

Not only did Nando suffer from this heart disease that the doctors said he had, but he also had schizophrenia. Which was putting all these different things in his head that he had nando said so many different things he had which was kinda crazy but we still tried to get him help for it the only thing that was true that he complained about was his heart but it was rare he said anything about it I just wish we could of did more for him Nando went to the hospital so many times and had so many doctor’s appointments. None of them could help him. I just find it so messed up that his last appointment he had was for his heart, and they said it was irregular, but then scheduled an appointment 3 months from that date. It makes no sense at all. We love Nando so much, all of us. He will be missed so much.

The reason why I’m writing this post is to ask for help to cremate my brother. Every donation is greatly appreciated, no matter how little it is. If you got this far, I appreciate you for reading this. Thanks