Hi, I'm Lottie my son has been diagnosed with Diabetic Ketoacidosis and has been in a major health crisis since the initial diagnosis. In July 2022 he took very ill, we thought it was a virus he couldn't keep food or water down then he got much worse he was having severe difficulty breathing and he was to weak to even walk to the restroom. My sweet boy is high functioning Autistic and has type 1 diabetes. When we called 911 they took us to a local hospital the ER Doctor told us if we hadn't gotten him there within a hour that night he would have died. The big problem of my son being told this news is that it has him fearing every breath he takes could be his last! I truly wish the doctor had just told me because after all these months he wakes up in fear and is anxiety driven every moment of his life from this awful deadly disease. We have been told by many family members of patients like my son that their family member was life flighted and didn't make it. That my son's case is very rare and that he's lucky! He doesn't feel lucky, not with knowing he could lose his battle at any time.

He has been in the ICU 14 times since he became critically sick. He's been in 4 diabetic comas and has had over 45 seizures and she has become insulin resistant due to his anxiety level. And according to the ICU doctors he get needs to be checking his sugar as follows because of his extreme sugar levels:

200-300 test every 60 minutes

300-400 test every 30 minutes

Over 400 test every 15 minutes

His doctor had written his prescription originally 10 times a day which means I was paying for a minimum of 14 a day. Then it came to paying out of pocket for 38 a day when he has to be tested every 30 minutes. When he is on the very highest of levels of his sugar and testing every 15 minutes that means paying for up to 86 a day. Unfortunately his doctor refused to write the script as advised by the ICU doctors.

His test strips run approximately $800-$1000 a month out of pocket at the cheapest places I can find, plus we are having to replace his electrolytes, potassium and phosphorus the replacements run around $200 for the month. Because of all the extreme costs taking care of the out of pocket expenses I have gotten behind on my bills, The power company is working with me on a payment plan, but the water company shut us off on 10/15/2023. We can not even take care of our hygienic needs just to take a shower.

 We have a immediate need for $1500 to get the water back on and to pay for his monthly medical out of pocket expenses.

 Our total in our goal is used as it comes in to take care of the medical expenses so at this time there are no funds left to send. Nearly 2 years with this GOFUNDME and it is the only reason I can keep my son with me because without I could not get his test strips and he would have surely died. Thank you to all who have given freely with their love and support you have definitely kept my son alive! God Bless!

This is our link https://gofund.me/62345665, if  you can help, please anything will help! I just can't loose my son to this illness he's my only child my only family! Please help! I have to take care of him he has no one else. I love him with all my heart, Please. I hate asking for help but I don't know what else to do. Thank you for reading our story, please share it to help raise awareness of his life threatening illness that we need help with.