Help Us Heal: Loss of Father and Baby

As most of you already know, I lost my father on Monday, January 20th. While attending the funeral on Thursday, Laura started having contractions. Mildly concerned about going into early labor, we left the funeral luncheon and headed to Bloomington Normal Hospital. Upon arriving, all the nurses tried to find a heartbeat and could not. After an hour of trying, the doctor confirmed that our family indeed did lose Baby Alyx Louise Rupp.

As Laura had to have a c-section, we still had to endure a 2-hour surgery to remove what happened to be the most beautiful 8lb, 20in baby girl to ever exist. We have since spent a very emotional 2 days with our baby girl before handing her off for cremation and burial with my just-buried father.

I would never ask anyone directly for money, but a lot of you have expressed your wish of being able to help without knowing how. Any money raised would help with paying for expenses related to burial, food for the family, and offsetting the next 11 weeks I will be off of work while attending counseling and helping Laura recover from the surgery.