My name is Kaine. I am a life-long musician with a passion for self-improvement, and spreading love through music has always been something that has propelled me forward even in the darkest of times.

Most recently, I encountered one of my life's most challenging setbacks - after going to the emergency room to treat cellulitis in my right leg in mid-July 2024, I landed right back last week (mid-October 2024), but this time was septic due to the lingering cellulitis in the right leg, then ended up in my left as well. Not only was I dealing with those two illnesses, but I also discovered my severe sleep apnea (nurses watching my vitals overnight watched my O2 levels drop into the mid 60s several times), which developed into acute respiratory failure with hypoxia (where the oxygen doesn't reach my hands and feet as well as it should), acute kidney damage/hernia in the groin, Type 2 Diabetes, and Essential Hypertension.

From Monday to Friday, I laid in the hospital, receiving round after round of IV antibiotics, morphine, and a slew of other medications. I am uninsured and too weak to work. I came home from the hospital needing to bring portable oxygen tanks with me wherever I go if I should feel fatigue while living my daily life, as well as a continuous oxygen machine to wear whenever I sleep. Both of which are not easy on the wallet.

I do not like the idea of coming on the internet to ask for money, but I and my loved ones could really use the help right now.

Thank you for taking the time to read.