Lt. Miles and his wife have spent the largest part of their lives, both on and off the job, serving their community. It is with heavy hearts that they now find themselves reaching out for assistance. Their 24 year old daughter has previously battled an aggressive form of Crohn's Disease but has now developed an undiagnosed illness as well. Since October of 2020, she has spent weeks in the hospital and, when not hospitalized, requires ER visits several times per week. She has been largely unable to keep down solid foods since October, they have recently discovered her right kidney is not functioning properly and her liver and thyroid are not functioning correctly either. They have yet to be able to determine a cause. She has been hospitalized for Sepsis, hospitalized as a result of a nonworking kidney, hospitalized for dehydration and has even been treated with an antifungal on the off chance she has developed a fungus in her blood from so many antibiotics, etc. She has met with Urologists, Digestive Disease Specialists, Infectious Disease specialists and more. Her specialists have recommended that she seek treatment at the Mayo Clinic to determine the cause that they have yet to locate. None of her specialists are located in Lake City, requiring frequent trips out of town for her ER visits, hospital stays and doctors appointments. The Mayo Clinic does not accept her insurance but are willing to accept her case and take monthly payments but she will still be required to pay a sizable deposit. Due to all of the above, she has been unable to work since October and will be unable to work for the foreseeable future. She and the family are currently unable to meet the deposit or the additional monthly payment requirements. She has two 4 year old children as well. Lt. Miles and his wife have been covering her expenses for a number of months to include co-pays for testing, transportation expenses, living expenses, etc. She does have an additional surgery upcoming in January to address the Crohn's side of her illness. She will have a recovery time of at least 6 to 8 weeks. She will then need to be seen at the Mayo clinic for diagnostic testing. The Mayo Clinic will bring an additional set of expenses such as transportation, lodging, time missed from work, etc. Lt. Miles and his wife are doing their best to, not only locate resources and medical treatments, but to keep up with the added expenses. As a result, the ones that have always been a support to others now find themselves is need of support........please note that the family continues to work to identify other resources. In the event that money is raised beyond what is actually needed in the future, it will be donated back to another Fund the First campaign. Thank you in advance for sharing this, any donations and your continued prayers for the family.