Randy Thomas

In 2020, Randy Thomas went in for an outpatient surgery. During the procedure, Randy went into cardiac arrest and died for 11 minutes, resulting in a anoxic brain injury. Fortunately, medical staff were able to bring him back, but a lasting injury resulted from the incident. Randy spent two and a half months on a ventilator and can no longer move any part of his body.

Randy’s 65yo sister, Cynthia, has been his sole caregiver for five and a half years. She provides daily care to keep him safe and comfortable, at significant personal cost. Because Randy can’t reposition himself, he is at ongoing risk of pressure injuries, impaired circulation, fluid accumulation and pneumonia. Without assistance, he would remain in a single position for hours at a time.

The Freedom Bed, part of Bonus Years’ voice-controlled rotating beds program, gently rotates and repositions Randy on a timed cycle throughout the day. That gives him the movement his body can’t give itself.

Why we’re fundraising

Randy is one of the people being helped by the Bonus Years bed program. We share stories like Randy’s so you can see what these beds make possible. Each bed costs around $50,000 and is funded in partnership: foundation grants cover two thirds, and the final third, nearly $17,000, has to come from individual donors. Without that third, the grants can’t do their part. So your gift does more than help one person. It unlocks the foundation funding and keeps the program going for the next family who needs it.

Every gift, large or small, counts towards that final third.