Autoimmune Father Husband Veteran.

Hello, I'm writing today to ask for your help. On June 2nd I was taken to Lovelace downtown Albuquerque fearing for my life and the future of my family. Over the course of this week I have been diagnosed with warm hemolytic anemia.

 

 This blood disorder is a form of auto immune. My blood count for hemoglobin was at a 5 when I was admitted to the hospital on an ambulance.  Normal humans have 14-15 hemoglobin.

 

 My fears of death do to the condition are less do to the wonderful treatment offered here at Lovelace. However I am still at a critical low of 7-8 hemoglobin. The road to recovery will be long and I am the sole bread winner for my wife and two children ages 7 and 2 months. 

 

I am on leave from work but do not have the leave balance to support us in this trying time. If I recover I will be able to maintain life with constant medical attention and drugs.

 

 I have started a gofundme account to ask for help in paying medical bills and looking after my family. I am a US ARMY veteran that served in combat within Iraq.

 

 Any media coverage of my situation including an interview if needed would be of great help. 

 

I ask not for myself but for my family.

Thank you for your time, please consider this request. 

Christopher Mays