OUR INSPIRATION

Luke Christian Haynes was an amazing, loving, intelligent, and gifted son, brother, uncle, grandson, and fiance who died in the prime of his life on July 29th, 2022. Luke was an outdoorsman and loved with working with his hands, His passion was building custom fences but he was also an impressive welder.

Luke had a seizure while driving home from work on April 3rd of 2022 resulting in a car wreck where he crashed into a fence. Fortunately, he, nor anyone else, was not injured. At the time, he attributed the seizure to a poor appetite and poor hydration. He had a second seizure at home on April 15th and became concerned about his health. He didn't have insurance, so we were looking for a neurologist who would see him on a cash basis.

On his first scheduled appointment, (May 24, 2022), the office told him his afternoon appointment was actually earlier in the morning, so the appointment was rescheduled for their next available appointment on May 31, 2022. When we arrived for this appointment we found the office was closed. Precious time was lost because this provider did not want to deal with a patient that didn't have insurance. He had another seizure on June 14, 2022 while still looking for a physician that would treat him.

We found an amazing primary care doctor who did an initial workup rather quickly on July 12th. There was nothing conclusive found in these tests so we were scheduled with a second neurologist who rapidly rushed him in for an initial assessment on 07/21/2022. An EEG was scheduled for several weeks later with instructions to come in sooner if there were any seizure type activities, which would be more diagnostically revealing on the EEG.

At this time, Luke was advised not to drive due to the uncertain nature of the seizures, but he continued to drive so that he could keep working.

Luke and I had been discussing a welding project for a couple of days that was going to help me with on July 30th. At 2:15 on July 29th, 2022, he sent me his last message before he was killed in a car wreck minutes later that occurred because of another seizure. The last word that Luke Christian Haynes said to me was "Honestly".

Unfortunately, we never got to find out what was causing his seizures. The delay in access to specialists who could have worked with him to find the cause and treatment for his seizures because he was uninsured played a huge role in his untimely death.

The goal of the Honestly Foundation is to provide access to a network of providers and services that can, regardless of ability to pay, allow timely diagnostic and treatment options for people that otherwise would stay away because of their lack of ability to pay, while sharing the love and Salvation available through Jesus Christ.