Andrea Gunning

Saskia seemed to be going down a similar road to her dad.

Here's Marisa.

My dad got to a point where we couldn't get him back to baseline.

But I spent a good portion of my adult life trying to help him find quality of life.

We didn't want Saskia to lose her baseline.

You know, we wanted her to have her life.

And so it's like that seems to be slipping away.

There was a lot of talking with Mike about how to fix this.

What should we do?

Go to the doctor.

Let's try this.

Let's try that.

and trying to fix it, but not understanding why it had gotten more intense and like why she was struggling so much.

That first year after their wedding was one of the hardest for everyone.

And it only grew harder when Saskia and Marisa lost their mom.

She had had a massive stroke and it was completely unexpected.

Saskia's sister, brothers, and dad all spent the night around the hospital bed.

But because of her health, Saskia had to miss her mother's last moments.

Sauce wanted to, but she could not risk that night of sleep.

One night of no sleep would have been devastating for her.