I want to tell you a story about a 26 yr old named Chadd Michael Jordan. He had gotten this infection that collected in 2 valves of his heart. This infection then sloughed off & went to his brain. This caused him to have a stroke on Monday March 31, 2008. Then around 9 am while in the ER he flat lined.

They were able to revive him & he was then admitted into the ICU. He''s now on life support.

Over the next couple of days the infection shows its damage. See, when he flat lined in the ER, it took them a while to revive him. Due to the lack of oxygen to his brain, he suffered irreversible brain damage.

This infection is quickly destroying his body. His brain has become severely swollen; the fever keeps spiking then coming back down. His heart is pumping over time, struggling because the infection has blocked 1 valve & part of another.

On Thursday evening April 3rd, his kidney''s start to shut down. By Friday morning April 4th they shut down. Now his parents have to decide to take him off life support, which they do.

He''s moved to a private room & kept very comfortable until he passes away Saturday morning April 5th. This infection that has started all of this, how did he get it you ask? You see, Chadd was struggling with a Heroin drug addiction.

Heroin took everything from him. All his belongings he sold. His pride stripped away. Heroin took his family, not because they didn''t want to be around him. He was too ashamed to be around them for fear they''d find out he was using.

See, shame is a big part of this addiction which causes isolation. I know he loved his family very much & wanted to protect them from his addiction. Yes this is a very sad story, but it is one that needs to be told. People worry about over dosing & not the infection that can come with intravenous drug use.

Chadd didn''t want to to die, he told me this when we were waiting for the ambulance to come on Monday March 31st. I can''t let Chadd''s story end like this. How do I know so much of Chadd''s story you ask? I was blessed to be Chadd''s mother. This is my son''s story. Yeah, go ahead & say "oh no". Your wondering how am I doing? Oh, I am very sad & I have this hole in my heart. This hole will never go away.

I only have 2 children, 1-son & 1-daughter. Both of my children were struggling with a Heroin addiction. They were not only siblings, but best friends. Best friends in everything they did, including their addiction.

See I knew this was coming. To some this may sound crazy. Last June I was standing on my deck feeling panicky, knowing I was gonna lose one of my children. I heard "Yeah, your right. What are you gonna do? You need to come back home. Because when this happens your gonna need me.

November 3rd 2007 I ask Jesus to be my Lord & Savior. I have told people that I knew this day was coming. I''m sure some just thought it was just me being so worried about my children that they didn''t believe what I was saying.

But I believed in what I was told. Today, here I am at the very day that my Lord & Savior told me that was coming. He is carrying me right now. Just like he said "I do need him"

God knows what we need. We really don''t, we just think we day. We have a awesome God. He will carry us through the worst of times, Trust me, I could not do this without him.

Yes this can be you! Look at your family; they can be in my shoes. Now more than ever I believe, Do you? It''s easy; all you have to do is just ask him to be Your Lord & Savior. Trust me; he is waiting on you to just call on him!