Austin's Recovery

On the morning January 1st 2020 our seemingly completely healthy 19 year old son Austin collapsed from what we would later learn was a stroke. He would then spend the next 3 1/2 months fighting for his life. He was on a ventilator for much of that time and Doctors told us he would never breathe on his own. On March 10th they took him off the ventilator and he has been breathing on his own since!

The last 2 months we have spent in rehab trying to gain back all of the function he has lost since his stroke. Today he is home but isn't able to get the PT or OT therapies he needs. He is still paralyzed from his chest down. Many outpatient places are closed and we are too far away from the places that provide the services and equipment Austin actually needs. 

We are very reluctant to ask anyone for help, but we are seeing that day to day things are becoming more and more of a challenge. One thing in particular is getting Austin to his many necessary  appointments. He has been denied medicaid and we are appealing but this process has been an absolute nightmare. John and I have been brainstorming solutions, but all of them are expensive and we know this is just the beginning of a very long journey. 

Ideally we would like to purchase a  w/c van but they are so expensive, so our alternative is to build a small garage that connects to our W/C Ramp that way we can transfer Austin into the vehicle using our hoyer and out of the weather. 
We think we should be able to build it using the funds we are asking for here. 
Anything you can donate will help. 

We appreciate all of your kindness and prayers throughout this tragedy.