Chris Pineda's Marathon

Hello everyone here is Chris's story..

On August 24nd, Chris was admitted to Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta Ca where he was diagnosed with double pneumonia as a complication of COVID-19. After a lung collapsed twice in one week and struggling to maintain his blood-oxygen levels, he was intubated and placed on a ventilator on 9/3/2021. A few days went by and his health continued to decline rapidly, his family was informed that he needed an additional life saving treatment called ECMO. (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation). He was placed on a wait list of over 100 patients, he was number 109 on that list. In that same week, his family got the call that there was a bed available for Chris to receive the ECMO treatment he so desperately needed!! He was airlifted to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla on 9/10/2021. Till this day, Chris is still on life support, he is still on the ventilator and ECMO machine but he is fighting hard to beat this! He has had a few setbacks but he has fought through them. He has been blessed with an amazing team of doctors, nurses, speech and physical therapists who are helping him recover so that he can come back home.

The last few months have been extremely hard for Chris, his wife, his 12 yr old daughter and his family. He has a very long road ahead of him. He still needs to “graduate” and come off ECMO and the ventilator. His Drs have said his rehabilitation will be a lengthy one. He will need to learn how to walk, talk without the help of a passy-muir valve, get his basic motor skills back, learn how to write, hold things with his hands and get his overall strength back. It’s A LOT but he has been so focused and his progress so far has been nothing short of a miracle. His friends and family are continuing to pray and believing he will make a full recovery. His wife and daughter say Chris is the most determined, passionate and hardworking person you’ll ever meet. Before covid turned his life around, Chris was very active. He loved the gym, hiking, going on runs, working on his projects, reading and spending his days off with his girls. One of his biggest wishes after all this is over, is to be able to run another marathon! So, his family knows he is working incredibly hard to come home and get back to the life he loves. Besides his family, his wife and daughter miss Chris terribly and can’t wait for the day he is able to come home.

So many people have asked how they can help Chris and his family and since we don’t know how long this journey for him will be, we thought we would set up this fund to be able to help with any travel, medical or any other expenses they may need.

Please continue praying for Chris and his recovery, pray for the medical team treating him, and pray for his family.

I have had the pleasure to work with Chris Pineda at Mor Furniture. He is a high energy positive soul with a huge heart! His priority is his family and it shows in everything he does. His illness is heartbreaking. Chris could use some help. He was reluctant at first to accept. He has always supported his family. Under the circumstances of his current condition help is warranted. Please any and all donations help❤. If your family has been affected or not helping Chris is a good way to show compassion and or gratitude. Thank you in advance for your generosity ❤.

*Please leave your personal messages to him at the end of the donation process