1 week in the hospital

Nov 26, 2025

I never thought I’d be spending my 35th birthday in a hospital bed, hooked to IV nutrition, fighting just to stay conscious — but this past week has been one of the hardest and scariest of my life.

Over the last few months my health has been declining fast, but this week everything collapsed at once. I’ve been fainting constantly — sometimes without warning, even while lying down or connected to fluids. My heart rate has been unstable and my blood volume dangerously low. My body has been running on empty.

On day 4 of this hospital stay, my GJ feeding tube had to be removed completely. It had migrated, twisted, and was actually damaging my esophagus. Every attempt at feeding made me violently sick, dizzy, and faint. Even the new tube placement under fluoroscopy failed because my body simply can’t tolerate or absorb feeds anymore.

Right now I’m dealing with a combination of serious medical conditions that are all crashing into each other:

⭐ POTS

causing severe dizziness, heart rate spikes, blood pooling, and daily fainting.

⭐ Neurocardiogenic & cardiac syncope

forcing sudden drops in blood pressure and unexpected loss of consciousness.

⭐ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / ME

worsening weakness, inflammation, and post-exertional crashes, making recovery even harder.

⭐ Gastroparesis & opioid-induced GI dysmotility

leaving my stomach and intestines unable to move or absorb food.

⭐ Malabsorption & malnutrition

causing rapid weight loss, low volume, and leaving my body too weak to function.

⭐ CRPS

affecting my upper body, stomach, and back — making any surgery, including a permanent J-tube, very risky.

All of these conditions fall under severe dysautonomia, meaning my heart, blood vessels, GI tract, nerves, and energy systems can’t regulate themselves.

Because of this, the surgical team determined that a permanent J-tube is not safe for me.
So now, for the first time, I’m fully dependent on TPN — IV nutrition — just to survive.

This is the only way my body can get hydration and nutrients right now.

I’m sharing this because many people don’t realize how complex and fragile my medical situation has become. I’m fighting every single day to stabilize my body, stay conscious, and get strong enough to return home to my kids. But this level of medical care, the frequent hospitalizations, and the ongoing treatments are overwhelming physically, emotionally, and financially.

If you’ve donated, shared, prayed, or even just reached out — thank you.
Your support is helping me get the care I need to stay alive and keep fighting.

If you feel called to help or share my fundraiser, it truly means the world to me and my family.
I’m not giving up. I just need help to keep going.

🧡 Thank you for being part of my support system during the hardest year of my life.

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