My family is currently going through a lot right now my cousin Shawn Bernhardy is fighting for his life in the hospital, it’s been about 6 weeks. He has underwent a few scary procedures one being a craniotomy which unfortunately showed a very serious brain infection cause by being exposed to black mold, it has attacked his basil ganglia, for those who don’t know what that is it refers to a group of subcortical nuclei responsible primarily for motor control, as well as other roles such as motor learning, executive functions and behaviors, and emotions. It’s basically the hard drive to your every move. And to make matters worse the infection has now entered his spine. The name of this life-threatening infection is Mucormycosis, it is a very SERIOUS, but RARE fungal infection. He is currently on a feeding tube, he was on a ventilator but he has been breathing on his own now for about a week, other than at night but I count that as a true MIRACLE! He is fighting and being so strong, we couldn’t be more proud. As you will see in the pictures he is deteriorating quickly, the infection is really acting rather fast. The outcome will eventually take his life but it could be days, weeks, or months there is really nothing anyone can do at this point, it rests in God’s hands!! If anyone would be kind enough and donate some money we all would appreciate it. We need help with his medical expenses, transportation to and from the hospital, and ultimately final expenses. Hospice has talked to the family a few times it’s really just a waiting game but we are trying to do everything we can for Shawn. We are trying to make him as comfortable as possible. So even if you can’t donate anything prayers are much appreciated just please keep my family in your thoughts we really, really, need it in this trying time. Thank you so much and God Bless, hold your loved ones close life is seriously to short! You never know what tomorrow will bring. The pictures below are him before, the picture on the cover was him in the beginning and the bottom picture on this post is him most recent. I know the pictures are tough to see but its the only way to show how serious this is. Again thank you all!