I’m Alex’s mom, Brandy. This is one of the harder things in life I’ve ever had to write.

On 11/6/25, Alex was driving home after his first night shift.

It was 2 AM. He was 5 minutes from home, tired and ready to check on his 14-month-old son and girlfriend after a long day of work.

He remembers the tires screeching.

Then nothing.

First responders found him alert, then he became unresponsive.

They rolled him to his right side — air came back.

EMS & Life Flight took an amazing total time of 47 minutes to get him to the hospital!

CT showed:

• Partial upper lobes of both lungs collapsed (bilateral upper-lobe pneumothoraces), thankfully not emergent enough to have chest tubes placed.

• Left femur – comminuted mid-thigh, bone in pieces.

• Left ankle – fractured.

• Pelvis – scattered fractures, SI joint torn, ring shifted right.

• Right scapula – cracked.

Day 3 he needed a blood transfusion.

They put a steel rod in his femur.

He was flat on his back for 4 days. Finally sat up on day 5. Could only do I0 min for the pain was unbearable and he was having trouble breathing upright.

He’s on the Trauma Ortho floor, 100% non-weight-bearing on both legs.

His 14-month-old son and friends and siblings have been to visit to keep his spirits up.

His old truck is totaled. No replacement.

He’s Type 1 Diabetic — Medicaid covers insulin and supplies (thank God).

But not rent. Not food. Not future transportation to physical rehab or follow-up doctor appointments.

Doctors say acute rehab is likely, which means weeks away from actually going home.

He won’t be discharged to his home.

He won’t tuck his son in at night.

We need $3,500 to keep them safe for 60 days:

• Rent & some utilities for November have already been paid by him, but these next few months are not. Still needing propane to heat his home through this upcoming winter.

• Groceries — he can’t carry a bag.

• Rides to PT and rehab — 50–100 miles each way.

$10 = one ride to physical therapy

$20 = a week of diapers and baby food

$50 = keeps their house so he has a home to come back to

Alex just wants to walk in the door and hear his son say “Dada” and pick him up as well as be able to walk again.

I’ll post receipts and updates every small step of recovery.

Thank you for helping my son get home to his little boy.

— Brandy