Help Us Bury Our Precious Daughter

We’re Len and Mimi and we were excited to be expecting our first child together, a little girl. After infertility struggles, to conceive naturally when so many said that we would never was a joy greater than we ever knew.

On Friday, July 12, 2024, during our 19 week prenatal visit at our OB/GYN, a heartbeat was not found with the doppler and our OB wanted an ultrasound to try to get the heartbeat. This didn’t alarm us initially as this has happened during nearly every prenatal visit.

This ultrasound wasn’t like the others. No heartbeat. No activity. At first, as the ultrasound tech kept working, I said aloud “something doesn’t seem right. I’m nervous.” She tried to calm me, but as my OB came in and took my hand, and said “There’s no heartbeat. Her heartbeat has stopped” I could no more than blink the tears away and try to hold myself together. Our daughter, the child that we looked so forward to meeting and being her parents and loving her….was never going to go home with us.

Per our Orthodox Jewish beliefs, we will need to bury our precious daughter, once labor is induced and I deliver, likely within the next week. As we had not an inkling that this would be the end of her story, we have no extra funds to pay the approximate $2500 in costs and fees to the mortuary and cemetery to bury her. In the Jewish religion, cremation is not an option.

We ask for funds to help bury our daughter. All proceeds raised will be given to King David Mortuary and Cemetery in Las Vegas, NV to cover the costs.

We thank you for your kindness.

Update: Upon suggestion and request of several concerned friends and colleagues, we’ve increased the amount of this campaign to help cover some recovery expenses for me (Mimi) after going to the hospital, so we need not worry about anything as we heal and recover.