From Hospital to Honeymoon

11/8/19 Update:

So far with the amount raised/earned we have covered the travel expenses! (gas, travel food, etc.) The funds raised now will go towards us playing Magiquest. After that is entrance and parking fees to museums/zoos we were planning on visiting. Thank you all so very much!

11/6/19 Update:

We are now only days away from our honeymoon and are struggling to afford to go. I even took two freelancing jobs in order to pay for it. I have put 100% of any money I earned towards the honeymoon. We are just barely covering the hotel costs. I also have been selling some of my things to try to afford it. We are sad to have to reach out to ask if anyone can help, because if we cancel at this point we don't get our deposit back which was what we raised so far on this gofundme. While we covered the hotel, we now have no way of getting there, no food while traveling, not being able to visit any places while we are there, and not being able to do what we had set out to do originally which was play Magiquest.  I will continue working, selling items and doing whatever I can to try to afford to go. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you you all. <3 

Please note: the total for this gofundme is not the total cost of the honeymoon, only they amount we need left to raise for it.

Story:

Hello, I’m Marinette Richard. I just got married to my husband, Wesley Richard, on July 14th, 2019. I started this fundraiser to help us go on a honeymoon to Great Wolf Lodge which was one of my husband’s only requests for the wedding. While I wouldn’t mind at all saving up for our honeymoon and having a small one, the almost two weeks now of our marriage have really made me want to give him the greatest honeymoon he could ever want. From the waterpark, to playing Magiquest, to actually enjoying a meal together that is allergy friendly. (We can't eat together a lot due to allergies and GWL was the first place that we could.) I want to give it to him all. Please take a moment to listen and let me tell you why.

Video explanation, text below as well:



The Events After the Wedding:

A couple days after our wedding, right in the morning after waking up, I was rushed to the ER in pain and barely able to breath in. This had happened several times in the past over the last few months. Never diagnosed and only suspected of gallstones, the ER decided to get it 100% confirmed. Then they found out it was severely gone and needed to be taken out asap (also found out after surgery it took longer than normal as they had to remove so many adhesions, as it had been going bad for a while). Well after I was released, my pain was still at a level 10 on the pain scale. Come to find out a left-over gallstone had blocked my liver duct and I needed a second surgery. They said my chances of getting pancreatitis afterwards was incredibly high, which I did get by the way. This was 9 days of ER visits/hospital stays in the 12 days we had been married.

Wesley During All of This:

Wes stayed with me everyday and night. Only time he left was for work. He held my hand, kissed my forehead, only slept an hour or so at a time. Helped me get up and down, roll my IV stand everywhere, etc. He gave up meals, sleep, self-care just to take care of me. I was so out of it that it wasn’t until I was released that I was feeling well enough to look around. While I was packing up all my belongings, I saw a ziplock bag of a toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, and bathroom items for the shower so he could get ready for work while there with me. He existed inside that room with me the whole time and it never really hit me that he never went home. But he never complained nor ever thought “This is my wife, so I have to.” He stayed because he loved me and knew I would never relax unless I knew I was safe with him there. He didn’t feel like he had to stay, he chose to stay. That hit me really hard when I realized everything, he did for me while I was in that hospital bed.

Honeymoon Request:

I just want to thank him for every moment he gave up for me during these first 2 weeks of marriage. I know I personally wouldn’t be able to do a lot due to being disabled, so I am asking if anyone else who Wes’ life has touched with his kindness, generosity, compassion, who he made smile when they were down, who he took the effort to help please take the time out of your day even to just comment on this fundraiser and remind him of a moment that he touched your life. He deserves all this and more.

Thank you! <3