Aaron Stillwell needs your help and prayers!
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Hello friends, family and all well wishers. I hope this note finds you all well.
For those of you who have known Aaron over the the years and are familiar with his last fight for his life versus Lymphoma (in 2014ish), that fortunately he defeated...well, that was a warm up fight. He's in it now, and in a bad way. He needs all the prayers and support he can possibly get.
For those farther removed, Aaron is a husband to Stephanie, father of three with Ethan (18), Noah (17) and Sophie (14 and legally blind). He is also a black belt in Jiu Jitsu, which he began pre-lymphoma and and finished after...so the guy knows what the word persistence means in the real world.
Here's the skinny-
On September 1st, he tested positive for Covid. (Despite being fully vaccinated).
Sept 8- hospitalized. (Frederick Memorial Hospital)
Sept 12- intubated
Sept 21- overnight, his oxygen levels dropped.
sept 22- reactionary treatment to remediate lead to collapse of the lungs. Lung(S). Both. At this point he is point intubated AND on a ventilator...as he remains.
Aaron needs all the help he can possibly get. I'm sure that as all of you see this, your first reaction is "what can I possibly do to help?" The areas of support I see would be spiritual support, emotional support, physical support, family support and financial support.
Spiritual support: Pray. Pray like someones life depends on it. Because Aarons does.
Physical support: Unfortunately, not much available here.
Family support: If you're close with Stephanie and/or the kids, I'm sure she'd love to hear from you with positive support/stories. Also, there's a link below for a meal chain.
Emotional support: Do what you can to keep this post active, and for those that know Stephanie and the family well, reach out, they need all the support they can get.
Financial support: There is already a meal chain in place, but below you will also find a link to a "gofundme" account. With medical bills racking up and future adjustments to income changes, the financial impact of this could be devastating. If anyone knows of a "go wine me" account, I'm sure the ladies would be happy to have an influx of vino.
Additional items: It has been recommended to send artifical flowers and/or balloons to his room. This is highly recommended for a few reasons; 1) Stephanie is with Aaron from 9-5 most days of the week, and it would be highly advantageous for her to see and feel the support. 2) For the caregivers, seeing someone who is widely loved given the lords work that they're doing, I am certain, that when they see a room full of support, that they put it a little something extra. I've seen it first hand, and I know that they have had patients with no support and no contact, so anything that can be done for these hero's just adds to it. I don't have any coordination system for this just yet, but will update accordingly. If anyone wants to step up to fill this role, please, let me know.
Feel free to call or text me. If you call, text me first, so I have your #; I don't answer calls from unknowns (neither do you .
Sincerely,
Dan Lange
240-997-3205
Meal chain link: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/oq2v4d...
Gofundme link: https://www.gofundme.com/.../aaron-stillwell-needs-your...
Signup Genius for balloons: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B45AFA929AAF58-aaron
For those of you who have known Aaron over the the years and are familiar with his last fight for his life versus Lymphoma (in 2014ish), that fortunately he defeated...well, that was a warm up fight. He's in it now, and in a bad way. He needs all the prayers and support he can possibly get.
For those farther removed, Aaron is a husband to Stephanie, father of three with Ethan (18), Noah (17) and Sophie (14 and legally blind). He is also a black belt in Jiu Jitsu, which he began pre-lymphoma and and finished after...so the guy knows what the word persistence means in the real world.
Here's the skinny-
On September 1st, he tested positive for Covid. (Despite being fully vaccinated).
Sept 8- hospitalized. (Frederick Memorial Hospital)
Sept 12- intubated
Sept 21- overnight, his oxygen levels dropped.
sept 22- reactionary treatment to remediate lead to collapse of the lungs. Lung(S). Both. At this point he is point intubated AND on a ventilator...as he remains.
Aaron needs all the help he can possibly get. I'm sure that as all of you see this, your first reaction is "what can I possibly do to help?" The areas of support I see would be spiritual support, emotional support, physical support, family support and financial support.
Spiritual support: Pray. Pray like someones life depends on it. Because Aarons does.
Physical support: Unfortunately, not much available here.
Family support: If you're close with Stephanie and/or the kids, I'm sure she'd love to hear from you with positive support/stories. Also, there's a link below for a meal chain.
Emotional support: Do what you can to keep this post active, and for those that know Stephanie and the family well, reach out, they need all the support they can get.
Financial support: There is already a meal chain in place, but below you will also find a link to a "gofundme" account. With medical bills racking up and future adjustments to income changes, the financial impact of this could be devastating. If anyone knows of a "go wine me" account, I'm sure the ladies would be happy to have an influx of vino.
Additional items: It has been recommended to send artifical flowers and/or balloons to his room. This is highly recommended for a few reasons; 1) Stephanie is with Aaron from 9-5 most days of the week, and it would be highly advantageous for her to see and feel the support. 2) For the caregivers, seeing someone who is widely loved given the lords work that they're doing, I am certain, that when they see a room full of support, that they put it a little something extra. I've seen it first hand, and I know that they have had patients with no support and no contact, so anything that can be done for these hero's just adds to it. I don't have any coordination system for this just yet, but will update accordingly. If anyone wants to step up to fill this role, please, let me know.
Feel free to call or text me. If you call, text me first, so I have your #; I don't answer calls from unknowns (neither do you .
Sincerely,
Dan Lange
240-997-3205
Meal chain link: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/oq2v4d...
Gofundme link: https://www.gofundme.com/.../aaron-stillwell-needs-your...
Signup Genius for balloons: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B45AFA929AAF58-aaron
Fundraising team (2)
Dan Lange
Organizer
Rockville, MD
Stephanie Stillwell
Beneficiary
Robin Forse
Team member