Ryan started his battle for survival in 2019 when he was diagnosed with Kidney Failure after several months of being misdiagnosed and treated for dehydration.

After being diagnosed in August, 2019, with end stage renal disase or Kidney failure Ryan went through chemo treatments, dialysis treatments, and several hospitalizations... anything to try to save his Kidney.

During the Holidays of 2019, Ryan received the worst news from the Mayo Clinic that he was needing a Kidney Transplant.

Six Months later Ryan found a match, his Mother Debbie, to give a piece of herself to save her son.

In December 2021, Ryan was tested to see how his kidney numbers were he was faced with horrible news. Ryan's Kidney disease came back and his new kidney was rejecting and dying once again.

For a full six months from March-August of 2022, Ryan would undergo several life-saving procedures, chemo treatments, treatments for dehydration, anemia, and his Kidney disease that would plummet his health even more.

On August 22, 2022, Ryan experienced several seizures and was sent by ambulance to Barnes Jewish Hospital where they would place him in Trauma ICU. They gave Ryan several drugs to stop the seizures but to his dismay, he experienced side effects from one of the drugs called Propofol which is supposed to prevent seizures. Ryan had several seizures that would hospitalize him for Neurology damage, Kidney failure, and Multiple organ dysfunction syndromes. They Propofol caused Ryan to plummet with not being able to get his heart rate and blood pressure to normal status. His parents were then given the option to place him on life support or let him go.

While Ryan was in the hospital, he was placed on Life support for two weeks and caught a deadly disease that they thought he would not pull through. During his Coma, he received chemical burns from his IV'S, Dialysis, and Seizures, and went into cardiac rest where he flat-lined and a Pacemaker was put in to keep him alive.

Ryan was placed on an ECMO machine (life support). While on the Ecmo Ryan had an issue with his right leg they couldn’t find a pulse so they told us they had to open his leg and do a fasciotomy. They then sliced Ryan’s leg open hoping to get a pulse back in his leg. They later found out that it wasn’t the leg it was the Ecmo machine that had a hose connection problem.

Ryan came out of the coma after two weeks but has faced many other challenges including pneumonia but the lack of calcium called Calcipenia and they had to give Ryan several chemo treatments because the calicum was bleeding into his blood stream.

Going into the hospital Ryan weighed 180 pounds at 6ft & 2 in. He now weighs only 100 pounds.

Ryan has had many challenges and is now at a rehab facility called Shirley Ryan Ability lab in Chicago. This rehab is away from home and there are expenses that have incurred with medical flights and other medical equipment that has been needed to help him move forward with his rehabilitation. Ryan will be in Chicago for at least 30 days and then once finished with in-patient rehab he will be able to hopefully to to St Louis and finish the day to day rehab to build back his strength.

The one thing that we can say is that Ryan is a fighter. Not many people at the age of 26 have these challenges and he is definitely a miracle.

Please join us in helping Rally behind Ryan as he continues to fight for his life. His family appreciates anything that can be donated as they know everyone is having a difficult time.

For more information on Ryan or to learn more about his story. Please feel free to contact us!

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