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Relief For Christopher
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Hey Everyone,
If you're family reading this, thank you, I love you. If you're a friend of our family or just a kind supporter on GFM and I don't know you, thank you for taking the time to consider helping my brother Chris Joyce, whom I call Christopher or CJ <3
Christopher is just 30 years old, and he's been in critical care since New Years Eve. He's currently relying on life support machines to keep his heart beating and to keep him breathing.
We knew CJ was really sick at Christmas, but we thought it was just the flu, he is still sick (on double antibiotics), but we're not sure if that's what caused everything else.
All I know for sure is that by NYE, he was admitted to an ICU for double pulmonary embolisms in his lungs. The embolisms were blocking blood flow, damaging his heart, and also potentially damaging other vital organs (due to lack of oxygen). On NYE, he crashed, and he has had to move to two new hospitals in order to keep him stable and improving. He's been in an induced coma and paralysis since. Luckily, over time the doctors have gone from gravely pessimistic to optimistic about his condition. Thankfully, CJ is a fighter.
My entire family has been with him since day one at the ICU. We've moved hospitals with him, we've been sleeping in hospital waiting rooms to be there for him, and we drove to get ahead of the helicopter which took him to this latest cardiology unit so we could be at this latest hospital when he arrived.
We're not giving up and thankfully neither is CJ. But he still hasn't woken up, and he still relies on the machines to support him. When he does wake up, the last thing we want him to think about is the bill.
We are still trying to get access to Christopher's personal information so we can determine what the bill might look like once insurance is factored in, but given that he's been admitted in both 2018 and 2019, he may get hit with double deductibles.
If you're not family and you don't know what kind of person CJ is - frankly, he's a hero, he's my hero. I have literally seen him pull a child out of a burning car wreck. (See FB post from the date below)
Anything you can do to give CJ some relief, would be amazing. Thank you for your kindness.
Lots of love,
CJ's sister Jamie
If you're family reading this, thank you, I love you. If you're a friend of our family or just a kind supporter on GFM and I don't know you, thank you for taking the time to consider helping my brother Chris Joyce, whom I call Christopher or CJ <3
Christopher is just 30 years old, and he's been in critical care since New Years Eve. He's currently relying on life support machines to keep his heart beating and to keep him breathing.
We knew CJ was really sick at Christmas, but we thought it was just the flu, he is still sick (on double antibiotics), but we're not sure if that's what caused everything else.
All I know for sure is that by NYE, he was admitted to an ICU for double pulmonary embolisms in his lungs. The embolisms were blocking blood flow, damaging his heart, and also potentially damaging other vital organs (due to lack of oxygen). On NYE, he crashed, and he has had to move to two new hospitals in order to keep him stable and improving. He's been in an induced coma and paralysis since. Luckily, over time the doctors have gone from gravely pessimistic to optimistic about his condition. Thankfully, CJ is a fighter.
My entire family has been with him since day one at the ICU. We've moved hospitals with him, we've been sleeping in hospital waiting rooms to be there for him, and we drove to get ahead of the helicopter which took him to this latest cardiology unit so we could be at this latest hospital when he arrived.
We're not giving up and thankfully neither is CJ. But he still hasn't woken up, and he still relies on the machines to support him. When he does wake up, the last thing we want him to think about is the bill.
We are still trying to get access to Christopher's personal information so we can determine what the bill might look like once insurance is factored in, but given that he's been admitted in both 2018 and 2019, he may get hit with double deductibles.
If you're not family and you don't know what kind of person CJ is - frankly, he's a hero, he's my hero. I have literally seen him pull a child out of a burning car wreck. (See FB post from the date below)
Anything you can do to give CJ some relief, would be amazing. Thank you for your kindness.
Lots of love,
CJ's sister Jamie
Organizer and beneficiary
Christopher Joyce
Beneficiary