Hi everyone,

I am writing this from the ICU, and I don’t even know how to process what is happening.

Around 5am this morning, my son Maddox coded. His heart stopped, and they had to bring him back. He is now on a ventilator and cannot breathe on his own.

Things are getting worse, not better.

His head keeps filling with fluid over and over again, and no one can tell me why. His pupils are becoming non-responsive, and he is also completely unresponsive. Doctors are still searching for answers, but right now all we have is fear and uncertainty.

We’ve now been told that the ventricles in his brain have collapsed. This is a very serious, life-threatening situation.

I am sitting here watching my child fight for his life, completely helpless.

On top of this, I am his full-time caregiver at home, and I only get paid when I am caring for him there. While he is hospitalized, I receive no income at all. But the bills don’t stop. Life doesn’t pause for this.

We are drowning.

I hate asking for help more than anything, but I cannot do this alone. Not right now.

If you can donate, share this, or even just say a prayer for my son, it would mean everything to us. Truly.

Please help me stay here with my son without losing everything else in the process.

Thank you for reading, for caring, and for standing with us in the darkest moment of our lives.