Help Marianne and Adam Through a Medical Crisis

My name is Katherine and I am helping my sister-in-law, Marianne, raise funds as her husband (my brother), Adam, recovers from a traumatic medical event. Marianne is hard at work keeping some normalcy at home for their daughter, Isabella, and 2 dogs, Zeke and Bear, managing the piles of paperwork/forms and phone calls with Kaiser, hospitals, nurses and doctors, and Adam's employer. And celebrating their daughter's 13th birthday, too!

On Saturday, November 2nd, Adam was outside on their front porch in the East Bay, brushing their beloved furry dogs, and tripped over one of them, falling down the front steps. He was transported to the nearest hospital in Walnut Creek. This fall caused a couple of broken ribs, which punctured his lung, and his spleen also needed to be removed. A few days after the surgery to remove his spleen, he developed blood clots in his lungs. These were also removed and he was seemingly on his way to recovery.

Overnight, on Friday, November 8th, Adam suffered a pulmonary embolism which then caused cardiac arrest (his heart to stop). The medical staff at John Muir Hospital-Walnut Creek put Adam on life support and he was transported to UCSF hospital on Saturday. He was on an ECMO machine, which takes over the functions of a patient's heart and lungs. He spent a few days at UCSF on five different machines and many medications aiding his body's systems. Once stabilized and a bed available, he was transferred to the Cardiac ICU at Kaiser in Santa Clara. He spent the next 9 days there, on ECMO, while his heart and lungs had a chance to rest and heal. He was mostly sedated during this time, however most days they did lessen the sedation for small periods of time to try to determine how he was doing, and if he could respond to basic commands.

On Tuesday, November 19th, they determined that Adam was strong enough to have the ECMO machine removed and he underwent that surgical procedure. He made steady progress and a few days later he was moved from the Cardiac ICU to a bed in the rehab unit. On Thanksgiving Day he was moved closer to home to continue his recovery at Kaiser in Antioch. And today, December 4th, he was moved to a physical therapy rehab center at Vallejo Kaiser. He will do intense PT 3 hours per day, to get his muscles moving again. The hope is this will be his last stop before home. This may be an additional 1-3 weeks at the rehab center.

From Marianne tonight: I thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I believe Adam is going to need a lot more care once he gets home. This will be some challenging financial times for us, but SOOO AMAZING when he finally comes home!!❤️ So please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Adam is loved and we miss him so very much.

Marianne's love for Adam is deep, and her caring and open heart for her family and friends is one of her greatest gifts. Through these trying times, she has been the rock for their family and has handled everything that has come their way—bills to be paid, car to be towed/fixed, calls to so many, groceries, meals, updates to family, kiddo's birthday to celebrate... And every single day, grace, hope, appreciation AND prayers, so many prayers. And they are being answered, daily!

Help give them peace of mind—so Adam can focus on his PT and Marianne can support him and their family. Know that your contribution to these fundraising efforts will help lessen the financial worries about how this is all going to work for the next few months. Between unexpected medical bills, housing/food/auto, getting things ready for Adam to come home and not really knowing what his recovery will look like. Thank you for your consideration and support.