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My Moms Brain Tumor Fund

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So this is about a women who does and has done everything imanginable for her kids to make sure they had what they needed and were loved accordingly, 
In 2003 everything was great , we had a big loving family my dad had just got a promotion that he had been working for and had deserved for years, everything was going good in school for me and all my siblings, life was really looking up after all the struggle my dad and mom went trough trying to raise 4 kids and provide a better life for us. We were brats spoiled and ornery and just didnt realize how grateful we should have been. So its Friday night and we were grounded for good reasons im sure but my mom and dad still had the heart to let us stay at our bestfriend at the times house matt mendoza who lived down the street and we had a blast. The morning came and it was 11:11am, I remember this time vividly because at that time my stomach turned upside down and i had a horrible feeling out of the blue, i told my brother i think we should go home and he wanted to stay and keep playing vido games but my buddy Matt said let just all go down there so we did. When we got there it was strange usually my parents had the garage open doing yardwork with classic rock playing but the front door was shut and locked as well as the garage so we went around to the back. As we got there i noticed the back door was wide open so i walked in and when i did immediatly i smelt gas , also the carpet had brown spots all over it and my dogs were acting really funny. i started yelling for my parents but nothing so i went into there room to discover them both foaming out the mouth unconcious, i went straight for the phone to dial 911 but the phone wouldnt work so i ran down the street to my neighbor tonys house and he called the police, we found out it was catbon minoxide poisioning and that my parents and my sister who was also in the house had went without oxygen to the brain for over 14 hours, later that night at 6:23pm the doctor came out to tell us our dad had passed and it just felt like a nightmare i couldnt wake up from i kept thinking maybe they can bring him back to life , like theres no way my dad my hero is gone but it was reality and there was nothing i could do to change that , so two weeks later after a coma for a week my mom and sister were finally out , 3 months later my grandmother (my moms mom) dies of bone marrow cancer which really tore her apart so for the next 7 years she took care of me and my siblings by herself, made sure we had food , clothes, did good in school , and the list goes on and on all while working a full time job and paying all the bills without any help, now we are in one of the worst spots we have been in she was doing so good shes been working years to get her bills caught up , and finally get ahead and then monday may 8th she passed out a work and had a seizure , i met her at the emergency room to find out she has a brain tumor , its sad because shes always been independent and she finally needs my help and im stuck between trying to find a job to help with her bills , but also she needs me by her side at all times right now because she has seizures and could hurt herself in the process also she has no energy, and she still trys to do laundry and the dishes and help out which is scary to me but for her its normal and her way of having some control over a situation she really has no control over thats who she is , thats my mom , ive been so blind over the years and havent been there like i should have sureive been a good sone but this woke me up and showed me that i will do anything and everything for her to make sure shes okay just like when i was 2 and had a tumor in my stomach she was always by my side , making me breakfast helping me to the bathroom etc.... shes such a good mom , i could call her at 1230 at night if i was drunk and needed a ride and she would jump right to it, she will do anything for her kids and thats why i will do anything for her if i could i would give her my brain to make her better because i love her so much and dont know what i would do without her.

she is a mother who always cares ,
she is a mother who is always there,
she is a mother who always prays ,
she is a mother that always stays,
when things get rough , when life gets tough
when all is just to much to bear
gods word she shares , gods light she shines
SO BLESSED GOD MADE THIS MOTHER OF MINE!!!

Organizer and beneficiary

Brenden Vaughn
Organizer
North Richland Hills, TX
Brenden Vaughn
Beneficiary

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