Marcella Schmitt

What inspired your most recent tattoo?

My son has been my inspiration for most of my tattoos. My most recent would be my “Just Breathe” tattoo with the Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC). When he was 3 he almost passed away due to his airway. Upon me doing CPR, his O2kept dropping and then there was pretty much a flatline. When paramedics arrived they took over doing compressions. When I saw the first ROSC flash on the screen, it was automatically etched into my brain. Hence the “Just Breathe” with ROSC.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

It would say that each tattoo has a story. I also have a few more I would love to get one day to add to me and my son’s journey in life. From him being born at 24weeks weighing 1lb 10oz 13in, we’ve been thru so much. Watching him fight, he didn’t come home until he was 2yrs old. This was all new to me, it’s been a learning experience and let me tell you it has been and there’s more to go thru. It’s just he and I, he’s 13 now, I proudly display my ink bec

What would you do with the $25,000?

I’m 48, single mother of a medical special needs child. I’m not in the best of health with lupus and fibromyalgia, we’ve been living paycheck to paycheck and I haven’t put money aside for life insurance in case something happens to me I want to make sure he’s taken care of, instead of being stuck with nothing and just my debt. I’d put $20,000 in a bank for him and the rest, take a vacation with him, buy him clothes and anything his ❤️ desires. Everything I do,