{"id":452833,"date":"2026-10-01T04:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452833\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T04:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:50:09","slug":"family-of-man-fighting-rare-illness-wants-to-bless-someone-with-houston-texans-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452833\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of man fighting rare illness wants to bless someone with Houston Texans tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Family \"Family <\/p>\n

HOUSTON – The family of a 22-year-old man fighting a rare life-threatening illness wants to bless another family with two club-level tickets to Sunday’s Houston Texans game.<\/p>\n

David Lerma diagnosed with rare blood disorder <\/p>\n

The backstory:<\/p>\n

Last May, David Lerma graduated with a degree in film from the University of Texas.<\/p>\n

Now he’s at Houston Methodist in the Medical Center fighting for his life.<\/p>\n

“He was feeling a little stomach ache. He passed out. His roommates took him to the hospital and they spent the night thinking it was a bug of some kind,” said David’s grandmother. “He started turning yellow, they started getting worried. So we went to Austin to pick him up.”<\/p>\n

David had been sedated for 18 days at Houston Methodist in the Medical Center.<\/p>\n

He’s been diagnosed with a rare blood disorder known as HLH.<\/p>\n

“It’s so rare it took time for doctors to figure it out,” said David’s father, David Lerma Sr. “I give them gratitude they had every specialist on it.”<\/p>\n

“It’s been heartbreaking, but we’re here for him,” said his mother, Martha Lerma.<\/p>\n

Family giving away Texans tickets <\/p>\n

What you can do:<\/p>\n

The family is giving away two club-level tickets to Sunday’s Texans game.<\/p>\n

They want to donate them to someone recovering from an illness.<\/p>\n

Anyone interested in the tickets or helping the family can reach them through these emails:<\/p>\n

mejiaj2023@yahoo.comMiayeve@gmail.comVikkjmnz@gmail.com <\/p>\n

The Source: The information in this article comes from interviews with the family.<\/p>\n

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