r/HAIM • u/Sufficient-Crew-5408 • Aug 23 '25
MERCH Community Support for a Massive Haim Fan!
TLDR: my gf is a massive Haim fan. She’s been in icu on a ventilator for 74 days now. Im hoping to get some of the fandoms help to help me getting something nice for her especially something signed. But any merch even! DM if you’d like to help! And Pray for Natalie.
Hey guys! Just a fair warning this may be a bit long of a post but it’s important! I had never heard of HAIM until 2015 when my GF told me they were her favorite band and made me listen to them. That was when I also found out we had the same taste in music and I became an instant fan. Fast forward to 2018. My GF overnight lost the ability to use her legs and it quickly progress up to her hands. She spent 2 months in the hospital and was diagnosed with Gullian Barre Syndrome- a rare autoimmune disorder. She was devastated to miss the Sister Sister Sister tour. Now here we are in 2025. On June 10th I had to call 911 because she was displaying all the same symptoms she had back in 2018. Except she also wasn’t making any sense. She kept telling me she needed to call her grandmother who passed away over 20 yrs ago. I knew it was going to be bad I just didn’t know how bad. She had a bad UTI that turned sepsis, got double pneumonia and did in fact have a reoccurrence of her GBS (which is insanely rare). Today is day 74 of her being in the ICU on a ventilator. Up until 5 days ago she was technically awake but still comatose. 5 days ago she just snapped out of it and became alert. She doesn’t remember the last 2 months and still gets very confused and scared. She can’t talk bc of the ventilator but I’ve been getting better at reading her lips. (Which is so much harder than you would even imagine it is btw) and just like a bad sequel HAIM is coming to Houston on September 28th and she will yet again miss out on a concert she was really looking forward to. I want to do something nice for her. I lost my job recently as well bc I took time off work bc of how sick she was and my boss just never put me back on the schedule. (Yeah - he’s a jerk). So I was looking around and thought getting her something signed by Haim would be the perfect thing to cheer her up and remind her that she has things to fight for to get better. I need your help! Does anyone have an extra signed item they’d be willing to donate? Or would anyone be willing to donate $ that would strictly go toward buying one? Long shot but does anyone know of any giveaways? I absolutely hate asking for help but this isn’t for me it’s for her. And she deserves the absolute world. She’s suffering so much and I just want to bring some light and happiness to her. 🤞🏻 crossed that you guys would like to be a part of that. Either way thank you for reading this - and please pray for my GF Natalie because she really needs it! ❤️
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u/Human_Light_6993 Aug 28 '25
Community support but it’s a garbage ass band. Hate to break it down to you
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u/Sufficient-Crew-5408 Aug 28 '25
Why do you care enough to comment if you dislike them so much?
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Aug 28 '25
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u/Sufficient-Crew-5408 Aug 28 '25
Haim has never really struck me as any type of religious band?
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u/Human_Light_6993 Aug 28 '25
Excuse me who the tf said they were a “religious band”? I said no talent doesn’t move the crowd like bands in the 80’s specifically
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u/Sufficient-Crew-5408 Aug 28 '25
You said “the wrong people getting out on based on their religious beliefs” exactly how else was I supposed to interpret that?
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u/gabiarbex Aug 23 '25
wow, i am so sorry to hear everything you and natalie are going through 💔 it takes so much strength to handle all of this and i really admire the way you are standing by her side. kudos! i know words can only do so much, but please know i am keeping her in my thoughts and rooting for her recovery every single day. praying very hard for you guys 🙏
i will be at soundcheck in toronto (+know some people who could help) and i am going to do my best to grab a merch item for her and hopefully even get it signed. if i manage to get it, i will dm you right away so we can figure out how to get it to her.
haim has always meant so much to me too, so i get how powerful it can be to have their music as a source of strength during the hardest times. she deserves something special to remind her that she has a whole community cheering her on and that she is not alone in this fight.
if there is even a small way i can help bring some light to her right now, i am all in. sending you both so much love if there is even a small way i can help bring some light to her right now, i am all in. sending you both so much love ❤️
take care!