Hello everyone ,

I am putting this fundraiser together to help some pretty amazing people. Jon was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when he was 18 and it was a long scary road for him. He spent months in the hospital where he almost died. Jon has been in remission for many years but now he is having a very bad flare up that is rapidly getting worse. Jon went from 264lbs to 216lbs in a span of a couple months. He is now barley able to walk across a store or do daily activities with out getting light headed. So there for he cannot work right now. He is now sign up for medical leave but that won’t kick in for weeks.. even then is only 60% of his salary … We are really hoping it doesn’t come down to it but Jon might have to go to the hospital soon to stay awhile. They are talking about a blood transfusion. He has used up all of his sick time and his time off is only a fraction of what he makes. Jon and Laken now have a home, Jeremiah, 3 large dogs, and countless bills. With inflation it’s even worse. Stress alone causes the colitis to get extremely worse. Jon is one of the hardest workers I know. He never misses work or would never miss work if he didn’t have to. So family and friends, I truly ask you in this stressful scary time of need to please help with what you can. Thank you for your time.

Update: Jon is still in a lot of pain and still finding it hard to keep food down. His blood went up a little from 70 to 75 which is still on the low end … his iron is 5 which normal range is 8 to 35 and his iron protein levels is 5 and normal range for that one is 30 to 500. He is really finding it hard to do anything now, even showering, because he gets severe dizziness and he’s always in a state of discomfort. Jon will be getting an iron infusion hopefully sooner than later. They increased his medication infusion from every two months to ever 4 weeks stating soon as well. Main focus right now is just getting him better! Please keep him in your prayers and please keep sharing.