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HELLO MY NAME IS JULIE AND IM TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO GIVE MY MOTHER THE PROPER BURIAL THAT SHE DESERVES.MY MOM RECENTLY WENT TO PENNSYLVANIA ON VACATION TO BE WITH FAMILY AND TO ATTEND HER GRANDSONS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.MY MOTHER GOT TO PENNSYLVANIA ON MAY 24TH AND WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN HOME ON JUNE 2ND WHEN THE UNEXPECTED HAPPEN…ON WEDNESDAY MAY 28TH ALSO MY GRANDMOTHERS BIRTHDAY WHO ALSO PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO…MY MOTHER WAS WITH HER LITTLE BROTHER AND HIS WIFE AT A FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN MY MOTHER ASKED TO USE THE BATHROOM AFTER AWHILE OF BEING IN THE BATHROOM HER BROTHER WENT TO CHECK UP ON HER AND SHE WAS APPLYING SOME MAKEUP ON AND TOLD HIM THAT SHE WILL BE RIGHT OUT…WHEN SHE FINALLY CAME OUT THE BATHROOM THEY NOTICED SHE WAS NOT LOOKING TO GOOD …THEY APPLIED A COLD RAG ON HER HEAD AS SHE LOOKED ALIL PALE …SOON AFTER THEY CALLED MY COUSIN WHO IS A NURSE AND WHEN SHE SAW MY MOM SHE IMMEDIATELY TOLD THEM TO LAY HER ON THE FLOOR AND CALL 911 AS SHE APPEARED TO NOT BE BREATHING…THEY STARTED CPR RIGHT AWAY AND MY COUSIN WHO LIVED ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY DROVE TO WHERE MY MOM WAS AT AND CONTINUED TO DO CPR UNTIL PARAMEDICS GOT THERE…SOON AFTER MY MOTHER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND PUT ON A VENTILATOR.AFTER SEVERAL TEST AND BRAIN SCANS THEY DETERMINED MY MOTHER HAD LOST ALOT OF OXYGEN TO HER BRAIN.THEY TOLD US THAT MY MOTHER WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ANYMORE AND THAT SHE WILL HAVE TO LIVE ON THE VENTILATOR FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE AND THAT SHE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TALK,WALK AND DO ALL THE THINGS SHE ONCED LOVED TO DO DUE TO HER INJURIES.WE DECIDED THAT THIS IS NOT THE LIFE MY MOM WOULD WANT AND WE DECIDED AS A FAMILY TO HAVE MY MOM REMOVED FROM THE VENTILATOR ON JUNE 10TH…MY MOM FOUGHT AS HARD AS SHE COULD BUT ONLY LASTED 3 HOURS AND TOOK HER LAST BREATH AT 10:35PM…WE ARE ALL IN DISBELIEF AND HURT BY THIS.THAT HOW DID A VACATION END UP LIKE THIS…MY MOM NEVER MADE IT BACK HOME AND NEVER MADE IT TO HER GRANDSON GRADUATION..SO NOW WE HAVE TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP…WE THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE ANYTHING HELPS …
Organizer and beneficiary
Julie Santos
Organizer
Tampa, FL
Jessica Santos
Beneficiary