My name is Joseph Williams. I have reached a point where I need to set my own pride aside and ask for assistance from those who care for me and my family. I have personally exhausted all other options as I have purged my savings and borrowed on my 401K earlier in this taxing ordeal.

As some may know, my girlfriend Sam & I welcomed a beautiful baby girl into this world on October 12, 2023. Unfortunately, she was born with complications. She has since had 5 surgeries involving her heart, with the most recent being one that involved a complete tetralogy of Fallot repair & a dual lead pacemaker. During this time, Sam was unable to work since August of 2023 because she was hospitalized due to preeclampsia and was at risk of losing both her life and Addison's. Sam was life flighted to U Penn Philadelphia where she gave birth to Addison at the CHOP facility. Addison would spend the next 4 months of her life in CHOP.

I have remained working, taking personal, sick, & FMLA time as needed but we were now supporting our family on a single income. While commuting back and forth from Philadelphia to Kingston, which is 114 miles one direction, we blew the engine in our only vehicle. The repairs cost wasn't obtainable at that time. We eventually purchased another vehicle that was more family-friendly with us draining our savings and borrowing the rest from my 401k. On a trip to Philadelphia for Addison's pre-surgery check-in, a garbage truck ran a stop sign causing us to get hit on the passenger side of our car, having both airbags deploy and once again leaving us without a vehicle.

We were able to get Addison down to Philadelphia for her open heart surgery, which was a complete success. However, during the recovery process, our baby developed a blood clot in her left leg which cut off the complete flow of blood. Thankfully, the team at CHOP were able to correct this issue, saving her leg. However, she was not out of danger as she had septic shock and as a result of her blood clot or fluctuation of her blood pressures, she suffered a stroke, was suffering from multiple seizures a day, & had both lungs with partial collapses, among other little things just happening in her body. We are thankful she has stopped the seizures and is very slowly making progress each day toward recovery. It is a slow process but we can't rush her body in fear of a relapse.

I know this is a lot of personal information but I need people to know that if we didn't need the help we wouldn't be asking for it, but her journey to recovery is far from over. We will have many visits to Allentown & Philadelphia going forward once she is home and we are just trying to get a vehicle that is reliable and safe for these trips. I would like to just say thank you for taking the time out of your day to just read this. We appreciate each donation and share that is given. It truly means the world to us.