Enough about me, now onto the person in need. 

My father is 56 years old and one of the most hard working people I've ever known.  He has been married to my mom for 27 years and adopted me when I was 5 years old. My dad has worked every day as far back as I can remember! He never once complained about going to work or not showing up to work because he was "too tired". He has always been in good health and a Christian man his whole life. He is a good dad, a wonderful husband and the best grandfather ever! He enjoyed every second with his 16 year old granddaughter, which they help raised because I was a teen mom.  Last year when I found out I was pregnant, he was so excited and when he found out I was having a baby boy, he was over the moon.  I wish all of y'all could see his face when he holds his grandson and spends time with his granddaughter!!!

But now, unfortunately he may not survive to see his 57th birthday!

On November 5th, 2021 he got diagnosed with Covid-19. He started out with all the regular symptoms: fever, headache, coughing, throwing up and diarrhea. But by November 11th he was having a lot of trouble breathing and my mom rushed him to the hospital. He has been there ever since. He was diagnosed with Covid pneumonia. They first tried antibiotics, steroids and high flow canulas(HFC). After the HFC didn't work, they tried the BiPAP machine which ended up ripping a hole in his lung.  The BiPAP was only in for one day and he continued to get worse. They could get his oxygen level above 70%. On the 20th, they put him on a ventilator at 100% and his oxygen level still fell. So 30 minutes after being put on the ventilator at 100%, they put tubes(canulas) in his femoral arteries. This machine(ECMO) sucked his blood out, cleaned the carbon dioxide out of his blood and then put it back in his body. He was on the ECMO machine for 3 days. Once his oxygen level stabilized some they lowered the ventilator back down to 70%. In the last couple days he's had to have the ventilator turned back up to 100%, he started running a fever and his lungs still aren't clearing up at all. We found out that his fever is because of bacterial pneumonia, so now he was both viral and bacterial pneumonia. Currently his ventilator is at 70% and they're giving him antibiotics to try to clear up the bacterial pneumonia. Other than that it's just a cruel waiting game. We are praying for the call that he is out of the woods. If you can help my family out in any way, please do! If all you can do is pray,  then please pray your heart out for my dad!