Forever 32

I would love to share my son’s story. William Cave will forever be 32. I share my son’ s story in hopes to save one more life to help others avoid the same fate.

Will started using kratom to quell his anxiety and depression. He was also being seen by our family physician for depression and was prescribed an antidepressant.

William advised the physician that he was also consuming kratom to help with his symptoms. The physician did not know anything about kratom and how deadly it can be when combined with antidepressants.

Over a period of time, my William had to take more and more kratom to achieve the same desired effect… about 2 years go by and now William cannot stop taking kratom because he is now addicted. He tried many times to quit but failed each time. Seeing him in withdrawals was scary… I realized there is a huge problem… I tried to have him admitted to a local hospital to go through the withdrawals, but the hospital did not have an approved diagnosis for KUD (kratom use disorder) and was denied. About 3 weeks later he died, at first, I did not know what had killed him…then his toxicology report came back with a mitragynine toxicity as COD. This substance killed my healthy 32-year-old son with levels of 1219ng/ml of the alkaloid in his system. His death has had a devastating effect on my family.

On the day William died, it was a beautiful day, and he had gone fishing. Wade fishing. He was wearing his go-pro camera which captured his last moments. Witnesses saw him fishing in knee deep water, and had seen him fall face forward and not get up, they tried to revive him but it was too late. It has been almost a year now that he has been gone but it seems like it happened yesterday. My whole world and family are forever heartbroken.

Sue

William’s mom forever 32.

9/18/1991 - 4/20/2024