A fundraiser has been created to help a man who was working as a Milwaukee firefighter when he suffered a stroke.
Derek Geppert suffered a stroke back in 2016.
"They got him back from the testing and the doctor was like 'I’m sorry, your husband’s having a stroke and there’s really nothing we can do about it,'" said Melissa Geppert, Derek's wife.
After going back and forth to doctors and different appointments, they eventually went to the Mayo Clinic.
"Mayo Clinic is where we got our answers, they found he has an autoimmune disorder that caused COPD caused vasculitis in his brain and the vasculitis in his brain is what’s causing these strokes," said Melissa.
While at the Mayo Clinic, Melissa learned she had a serious health issue of her own.