Hi everyone, I never thought we’d be doing this. Warren, who most of you may know as your favorite Mudslingers judge, or Amanda’s dad. Warren has had a rough start to 2025, we started January with a torn rotator cuff, which through those ER visits contracted Influenza A. He and I both went a few days before he finally went back to Encinitas and was admitted to the CVICU to be put on BI-PAP. Later that night on the 27th, he was intubated, sedated, and paralyzed. Warren developed severe hypoxia, and they found he had double pneumonia as well as a staph infection and MRSA. He was also septic, and his doctors decided ECMO was his best chance at survival. He spent 4 days like that and on the 30th was cannulated for ECMO. He was transferred to La Jolla, where he spent 7 days on ECMO, the most drastic life support you could get. His CO2 levels were dangerous, he couldn’t breathe on his own, and his lungs weren’t clearing at all. His CO2 levels came down to baseline, and he was decanulated 2/7. After that, he struggled to wake up from sedation, and couldn’t be orally intubated anymore so they did a tracheostomy 2/10. He began to improve, but we found out as a side effect of the ECMO, he had three ischemic strokes. Then, his body was not warming the blood that the ECMO put back in, and he began having fevers. Warren then went code blue for 45 seconds, and we still don’t know why. At this point, he spent his birthday 2/26 in a hospital bed, unable to talk, scared and delusional from the ICU. He once again began to improve, and eventually got a speaking cap for his throat. We then had a whole new hurdle, ICU delirium. He did not know where he was, what year it was, or that he was even on a vent. As the days past, he became more and more aware. We then discovered he was unable to swallow. His body simply forgot. He made great improvements physically and mentally, and was out of ICU for a week. We made the decision to put in a PEG feeding tube, and have the tracheotomy closed!! After the surgery, his lungs did not wake back up and he was transferred again to the CVICU. He was able to be extubated that next morning. He was then transferred down again, but began bleeding from his mouth and nose. He lost a total of 3 L of blood, and was intubated again. Thanks to his great team of doctors, they found a way to stop the bleeding but no clue where it came from. He aspirated blood, and was in shock from blood loss. They reopened the stoma to put a balloon in to stop the bleeding. He has spent the last two days again, intubated, sedated, and paralyzed. Throughout this all his wife Jackie has been by his side, and he told her he is not giving up before they intubated him again recently. He has fought sedation and paralytics to open his eyes to listen to Jackie. The outpouring support we have received is admirable. His son, Tony, who struggles with autism has had the hardest time seeing his dad like this. Jackie has had to see her husband almost die too many times. I and his son in law Jason have been by everyone’s side through this. His mother, sister and niece also flew out to visit him. He is so lucky to have the support network he does. We ask your support through medical bills, insurance coverage because he’s been there “too long”, and any other expenses life throws our way. We have had to remodel the kitchen because of a sink leak, his car is broken down, and we drive to La Jolla from oceanside everyday. We appreciate anything and everything, even just sharing this around to friends and loved ones. We want to give Warren as stress free of a life as we can when he comes back. He loves and cherishes every single one of you, whether he knows you or not. He is simply the best father, husband, son, and friend anyone could ask for. Thank you for reading/sharing/ donating. -Amanda