Jason Fay’s Stroke Recovery ❤️‍

Hello as most of you know my Father Jason Fay suffered from a very serious and life changing hemorrhagic brain stem stroke (which is by far the worst type of stroke someone could experience) March 18th 2024 just over a month ago… he was found unresponsive in his bed on the verge of being taken from us forever. Along with the sad odds of him becoming a stroke survivor, he also became one of the 1% of stroke victims that suffer from “Locked In Syndrome” leaving my father completely paralyzed from the nose down. He has no control over anything that is controlled by his central nervous system, his brain has stopped controlling his body temperature causing him to constantly run fevers that are not able to be resolved with Tylenol, his brain no longer sends hunger or thirst ques to his body, and this area that was affected also puts him at a much higher risk for heart failure because the brain is also not controlling his blood pressure as well. By the grace of god my father is breathing on his own but due to the damage he does have to constantly be hooked up on a ventilator as back up because at any point his brain can stop making that connection to breathe. My father was an always has been as long as I’ve been alive an independent truck driver, as you know this job does not come with benefits such as medical insurance so at this time he is not covered. I am trying to get him coverage but there hasn’t been a hoop I haven’t had to jump through. My fathers truck was also down for repairs followed by this tragic event so his bills have been stacking weeks leading up to this event. My Dad is only able to blink his eyes, he is completely aware and of sound and mind with only the ability to communicate to yes or no questions with a sequence of blinks. With this gofundme I am hoping to raise enough money to purchase for him a medical device that he is able to communicate with us, they do have such devices that will let him use his eyes to select buttons on a tablet or even a device that picks up on brain waves and translates those brain waves into words and sentences. Along with all other medical devices to help his life to feel more like living as he will need assistance with everything from moving, to talking, to showering, etc. once I do get him some type of insurance (most likely Medicaid) they will only cover so much for him so the speaking device is not something they will pick up the cost on or assist with the what you can imagine big ticket price tag on something like that. My main goal is to get him home with me and his grandchildren, but my father will need 24 hour care and again Medicaid only covers so many hours of at home nurse care anything more than 14 hours per week will be an out of pocket expense. I want to make him as comfortable as possible.. for the remainder of life he does get here with us on earth. This has been a very tragic and unexpected series of weeks for my family I am his only daughter/child and next of kin, I have 3 boys and pregnant with his first grand daughter who he was over the moon to find out about just 2 weeks before this happened. I live almost 2 hours away and just found out getting my father to me in ormond beach from Jacksonville will be a cost we have to pick up ourself and that will require an ambulance transport. All of these expenses are way out of any type of budget I might be able to obtain and my dad unfortunately has no type of savings.. the things I do have to liquidate on his behalf don’t even cover the cost of the medical device to help him be able to communicate with us. So I am asking that anyone who may have just a couple extra bucks to spare please come together for him to make the last few years of his life worth living.. help me keep my dad around long enough to meet his granddaughter. Help him get the proper care and devices he needs to be able to communicate with us. My dad if you knew him you’d know he was a friend, a brother, a good time, to you, to me to us all. My dad knew no stranger, my Dad never left you without a smile on your face. My dad was the type of guy it could be his worst day but he made sure it was your best & you’d never know he was struggling. He always taught me to be strong and figure it out myself (as he always did) but this burden has become to big to bare so I am now reaching out to the community and huge support group I know he has out there in hopes we can all make this happen for him. Thank you for taking the time to read, share or donate to this.. you don’t know how much this means to me and him..