Sometime in early May, my moms mental health started declining. Since we talked everyday I started noticing little things, like her sending incoherent messages sometimes but I didn’t think too much of it and thought it was just typos. However she started saying things that made no sense, like she thought someone was out for her and my dad and sister and just things that made no sense. She started having hallucinations and started developingl fears and excessive paranoia. My mom has suffered mental issues like a decade ago and we thought the whole COVID-19 pandemic was causing her anxiety to rocket once more but as things progressed it became more concerning. My dad took her to the hospital and she was admitted because she started exhibiting symptoms of psychosis but after countless tests, everything came back clear and she got sent back home. In that week home she deteriorated tremendously. She soon started eating less as she was having trouble swallowing and then just stopped eating altogether. She lost an excessive amount of weight. She lost bladder and bowel control and became bedridden. She couldn’t bathe or do anything for herself. My dad took her to the hospital and this time they admitted her for good. The doctors just could not find an explanation as to what happened to my mom. They ran countless tests, blood tests, EEGs, MRIs even a spinal tap and NOTHING. She ended up on a ventilator because she started choking on her own saliva and couldn’t breathe on her own and got a feeding tube.  She got countless possible diagnosis but they were all eventually discarded as the tests came back. Eventually the doctor said it was either Anti-NMDA OR CJD and only a brain biopsy would determine it. We prayed for the better outcome (anti-NMDA) because it was treatable and survivable. CJD was a fatal degenerative brain disease with no treatment or cure. Her brain biopsy came back and it’s CJD. There is no chance of survival and now we are just waiting for my moms passing and it’s been incredibly world rocking and heart breaking just waiting for her suffering to end. She was such an incredibly happy, God loving woman who impacted many lives and now we can’t believe she is leaving us. Thank you for reading my moms story. The reason we’re asking for donations is shortly before all this started my mom had a conversation with my dad about her death wishes (it’s like she knew something would happen) about wanting to be with her parents and family in Mexico and wanting to be buried there. She’s not being allowed any visitors due to COVID unless she gets disconnected and we’re not ready to let go of that little time she has left with us. We want her to be surrounded with her family as that’s all she’s ever wanted and asked for. Unfortunately no insurance will cover that transport and the only way to do it is for an ambulance to transport her there on a ventilator as she can’t be without one and it is expensive. The money would be sent to my dad Vicente Ortiz to cover her transport and all the medical expenses to keep her comfortable until her passing. Any amount would be so infinitely appreciated. Please help support our family, we just want to do this one last thing for my mom. ❤️