Fire captain desperate to save his wife

WEST PALM BEACH, FL-- A fire captain living in West Palm Beach is desperate to save his wife's life.

Don Galloway has been told she will die if she does not get treated soon and he needs the community to help.

36-year-old Diana Galloway suffers from a rare combination of metal poisoning and Lyme disease. It is so bad any type of electronics can send her into a seizure. 

Don says he is not giving up but he needs help if his wife has any chance of surviving. "No one can understand what she is going though," says Galloway.

Her husband says she has seen several doctors but her condition has gotten so bad her last doctor said there is nothing more he can do. "He said it wasn't anything immediate but she is showing organ failure and he believes she will die from this."

With the news of inevitable death, he reached out to a doctor in Seattle who specializes in treating the rare combination. But there is one problem. "Yes we need financial help, I need financial help," says Galloway, "It's very difficult for me to turn around to my friends and family and tell them 'listen I can't do this on my own.' "

Galloway says he has spent almost $75,000 of his own money on medical care for his wife, not to mention the credit card debt he has racked up. He has looked at every possible asset including his home.

"Unfortunately because of the housing slump and foreclosures in my neighborhood my house won't appraise and allow me to get anything out of it," he says.

He says their three children have been resilient. Even being by there mother's side when she is having one of her painful episodes.

"I never thought it would get to this point," says Diana's mother Rosemary Bryer, "I look at her and I think I might lose you and it's terrifying."

Diana tells her mother her biggest anguish besides the pain is the pain of not being around long enough for her children. "I really want to be around mom, I want to see my children grow up, I want to see my daughter get married, I want to be a grandmother."

Galloway says Dr. Dietrich Kinghardt in Seattle is his last chance. But the medical cost and housing will cost $10,000 a month and insurance will not cover it.

A website has been set up for Diana at helpsavediana.org.