My name is Alicia Rose Urban. I am the mother of three boys. Their father, Sgt. Kevin Lee Lloyd, USMC, a decorated combat veteran, gave his life for our country on November 9, 2025 after he was poisoned by toxic burn pits during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He died from stage IV colorectal cancer.

Sgt. Lloyd served as the Texas advocate for Burn Pits 360, providing fierce advocacy not only for himself, but for hundreds of thousands of other veterans who have been poisoned and left to suffer — and too often, left to die in the dark.

From June 23, 2025 to November 9, 2025, I spent 141 days at his bedside because I could not leave without his care being delayed, denied, or redirected. I was forced into 24/7 advocacy to keep him alive. When Kevin needed a higher level of cancer care, I fought relentlessly to get him transferred to MD Anderson. MD Anderson approved him and assigned an accepting physician — and then VA leadership blocked that transfer. Instead of allowing the aggressive care he was begging for, we faced repeated pressure to accept hospice or to place him in a VA nursing facility (the CLC) even though Kevin wanted to fight.

The VA had already put Kevin on Community Care because his cancer was “too complex” for them to treat, yet when it came time for the care that could have given him a real chance, the system obstructed and delayed. One of Kevin’s chemotherapy treatments was denied over $30,351. I had to watch the father of my children be treated like a cost problem instead of a human life.

That level of nonstop advocacy came at a cost. Living in fight-or-flight for 141 days severely damaged my nervous system. The sustained stress, hospital trauma, sleep deprivation, and constant crisis management worsened my existing medical condition and left me medically debilitated. I am now on medical leave and I cannot work at all. I don’t drive at all.

Before Kevin could even come home to fight, an ADA-compliant home had to be secured. It wasn’t a preference — it was required for safe discharge and for him to enter his clinical trial, which his MD Anderson oncologist told us was his only shot. The only home we could secure in time was outside of our children’s school district, and Kevin planned to finalize it with a VA home loan before he died.

I am a registered nurse and have worked since I was 15 years old. I gave up my nursing career to care for Kevin when others left him behind. My employer did not carry my health insurance over into 2026. I am now uninsured, medically unable to work, and paying out of pocket for specialist visits and critical diagnostic testing while trying to keep our family afloat.

In April 2025, our son Luke nearly died and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. His pancreas has failed. He needs life-sustaining supplies to stay alive: Omnipod 5, Dexcom G6/G7, and insulin.

This fundraiser is about keeping three children stable after their father’s death and preventing their lives from collapsing at once. They cannot lose both parents.

If you can donate, thank you. If you can’t, please share.

Funds will be used for:

• Rent and essential living expenses to keep our children housed and stable

• Utilities and basic household needs

• Luke’s life-sustaining diabetes supplies (Omnipod 5, Dexcom G6/G7, insulin)

• Transportation costs (medical appointments, pharmacy pickups, essential errands) because I cannot drive

• In-home help/childcare support so my children are cared for while I am medically unable to function normally

• Out-of-pocket medical care and required diagnostic testing