Support Sergio Juarez's Stroke Recovery Journey

On February 8th, 2025, my father, Sergio Juarez, suffered several life-threatening major strokes to his cerebellum and brain stem along with multiple other parts of the brain. He was taken to the ER at Iredell Memorial Hospital where despite the continued efforts of medical professionals, his condition worsened and he had to be transferred to Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem for emergency neurosurgery on February 9th, 2025. By God’s grace, my dad made it through neurosurgery and major gastrointestinal surgery not even a week later. He spent 32 days in ICU at Wake Forest and out of those 32 days, 10 days paralyzed and 20 days sedated due to his extremely critical condition. We were told to prepare for the possibility of brain death and ultimately his passing. But God had different plans and kept him alive to this day where he is now in the comfort of his own home and family who missed him so much. After Wake Forest, my dad was considered medically stable enough to begin rehab in Greensboro where he underwent a tracheostomy procedure to help with his breathing after 32 days on a ventilator. In Greensboro, he finally opened his eyes, sat up for the first time, received physical therapy and saw my sisters for the first time in almost a month and a half. After some time in Greensboro, he was transferred to a rehabilitation facility in Winston-Salem where he continued to received amazing care including intensive physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapy. My dad has made amazing progress and continues to show us just how strong he is. We continue to see God’s hand through him daily.

As the sole provider for our family of 5, my mom taking care of him at home full-time, and many, many medical bills later, we are starting to feel the financial stress of this ongoing journey. His job has been gracious enough to support us in terms of continued insurance coverage. Despite this, there are still many out-of-pocket costs we are not able to cover at this time on top of our basic month-to-month expenses. Any help is greatly and beyond appreciated. We pray that God blesses you and your family tremendously whether you can give financial support or a simple prayer. We continue to trust in God and believe in the great things that are to come for my amazing father and our family. God bless you all.