Hey there, my name is Aaron and this isn't the first time I've had to do this. I had hoped that I'd only ever need to do it once but life has had other plans. I hate asking for help but a close brother called me out of the blue tonight having no idea how bad things were and this was what was on his mind was the amount of stress myself and my wife (who is a Rockstar and currently working 7 days a week to help keep us above water) are under trying to do this all on our own and he reminded me that there are alot of people out there that love her and us and even me ,for some reason I'm not sure of, but that they would want to kno and want to help and I needed to swallow my pride and do this. So here it is. The last 12 months has been a steady decline in my health, we knew it would come one day but the speed and level of how far down it would go was not expected at all. So we've been pretty blindsided and just about every week if not day there's something new that's happening as my body is just worn out. I've been sick for over 20 years now and shouldn't have made it this long but God is good and has given me a wonderful wife and support system and something to fight for and I'm still here still breathing and still fighting. But the load of the amount of money it's taking for gas to and from doc visits and hospital visits and infusions all of which are two hours+ one way and given the price of gas and also co-pays things have gotten very tight very fast financially. I've sold things, alot of things, and they've continued to help keep us afloat but now things are just beyond us so we're asking for help. Currently I can't eat, I'm on Intravenous nutrition 16 hours a day 7 days a week. Also every Wednesday I go to the infusions clinic to get infusions to try to bring my blood numbers back to what they should be. I'm carrying 20-25 lbs of water weight at all times and it's made it to where clothes and shoes that fit three months ago don't now and what fits today might not fit next week. In the last 20+ years ive had 16 surgeries,most of mt digestive organs are gone, spent thousands of days in the hospital, had hundreds of precedures and testing and much more that would take pages to list.

As for my wife she is a teacher in an alternative education program and is my ride or die. She also works two shifts atna coffee shop every weekend to help and without complaint. She is beyond anything I deserve and I'm so grateful for her. So that's our life right now and it's only going to get worse from here. There's no timetable as far as what I have left but it's less than more and every day it's closer and that's alright. While I'm the one that is sick and asking for help I'm also asking for her because I see how tired she is and the tears she tries to hide and so on and if I can swallow my pride and ask for help and take even a small amount of the stress off of her than I will and am. If you read this and have an issue with it or think we should figure it out on our own I appreciate ur time for reading this far and simply ask to send a prayer up for us for strength and guidance and peace moving forward. If you've gotten this far and aren't tired of me talking yet you're a better person than me lol and if u have the means and feel led to help anything will help and we would be so grateful. I've been told by docs to set goals for bucket list things to have something to strive for and seeing the country is what I've always wanted to do coast to coast so this coming summer that is hopefully God willing what we will do to celebrate a miraculous 40th birthday. Any money that is raised that is more than needed to make ends meet and cover medical expenses will go towards that trip happening and we would also be so grateful for that. Lastly if you've read this and are offended by someone asking when so many are struggling I get it and wish you well. Thank you to any and all that read this and those that help thank you so much it means more than you can kno and we will make use of it in the wisest way possible. Thanks for your time and God Bless, Aaron