On September 25th, Denise woke up from sleeping to find Lance coughing on the floor of the bathroom. She called 911 and an ambulance transported him to St. Joe's hospital in Burbank. He flatlined on the table but they were able to resuscitate him. Lance had a massive heart attack and was put into a medically induced coma to help stabilize him. He has since been taken off of the breathing tube but has now suffered a series of silent strokes and an acute stroke. He is awake, but not always lucid and will need extensive rehabilitation. He is currently still hospitalized. When he is eventually released, he will need full time care as he continues recovering.

This is an emotionally traumatic time for the Millis family and Denise is doing everything she can to keep everyone else's spirits up, as usual. She is always the one who has gifts, cards and flowers for everyone else, but would never in a million years ask for help. But they need it. This is the time of year when Lance and his business bring our community joy with the incredible lights and decorations he installs around our village. From now until Christmas, Lance is usually hard at work, literally lighting up our streets. In order to supplement the financial loss from the holiday season and to help with the extensive medical bills that are piling up, we have started this gofundme to help ease their burden and allow them to focus on family.

Any amount helps. We will continue to give updates on Lance's progress throughout the coming weeks.