A Grandfathers Recovery
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My grandfather is a giving man. More than once my mother and various other family have gone to him to ask for help; he has always given without a second thought.
In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, a man broke into my grandfathers house.
The man broke the window out of my grandfathers bedroom and assaulted him. Here, assault means he beat my grandfather nearly to death. The scum broke his jaw in two places. He crushed his right wrist and broke his left arm in another two places. He stabbed him in the shoulder, just below the right knee and left several lacerations on his legs.
The lowlife piece of human garbage did this and then proceeded to steal 446$ usd and my grandfathers cell phone. He fled; and in all likelihood left my grandfather for dead.
As a family we are still not sure of how grandpa managed to get to the phone, dial the police and manage to live through the incident. Sheer force of will or adrenaline; he made it to the hospital and after 3 surgeries is now recovering.
The violent nature of this crime shocked us as a family. The garbage that did it is now in jail waiting trial for a previous assault and then will be tried for my grandfathers assault.
I have known my grandfather to be a proud man. Even as he reaches his mid 70's he is still a dominant figure in any room he's in. Now he's in a hospital bed with casts on his arms and has to have nurses or my mother feed him, give him water and help him to the bathroom.
He is healing now, but the road is long ahead and he needs help. My mother is there with him and will stay as long as he needs it.
The woman is my mother; she is assuredly his favorite daughter. She flew up to be with him while he recovers. Now at the same time she is sacrificing her own financial well being to be there with him.
Shes spent hundreds of dollars for parking; feeding the meter every two hours or so. She's had to make arrangements to board her dog and get my stepfather home from his job. She needs to be able to stay with him so that he can recover with her help.
I have exhausted the breadth of my limited financial ability to help and because both she and my grandfather are stubborn and proud; I turn to you on the internet with the hopes that I can raise enough to help her keep her home but still be able to stay with Grandpa while he recovers.
Whether you donate or not, please pass it along in the hopes that someone might be willing to help a stranger.
In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, a man broke into my grandfathers house.
The man broke the window out of my grandfathers bedroom and assaulted him. Here, assault means he beat my grandfather nearly to death. The scum broke his jaw in two places. He crushed his right wrist and broke his left arm in another two places. He stabbed him in the shoulder, just below the right knee and left several lacerations on his legs.
The lowlife piece of human garbage did this and then proceeded to steal 446$ usd and my grandfathers cell phone. He fled; and in all likelihood left my grandfather for dead.
As a family we are still not sure of how grandpa managed to get to the phone, dial the police and manage to live through the incident. Sheer force of will or adrenaline; he made it to the hospital and after 3 surgeries is now recovering.
The violent nature of this crime shocked us as a family. The garbage that did it is now in jail waiting trial for a previous assault and then will be tried for my grandfathers assault.
I have known my grandfather to be a proud man. Even as he reaches his mid 70's he is still a dominant figure in any room he's in. Now he's in a hospital bed with casts on his arms and has to have nurses or my mother feed him, give him water and help him to the bathroom.
He is healing now, but the road is long ahead and he needs help. My mother is there with him and will stay as long as he needs it.
The woman is my mother; she is assuredly his favorite daughter. She flew up to be with him while he recovers. Now at the same time she is sacrificing her own financial well being to be there with him.
Shes spent hundreds of dollars for parking; feeding the meter every two hours or so. She's had to make arrangements to board her dog and get my stepfather home from his job. She needs to be able to stay with him so that he can recover with her help.
I have exhausted the breadth of my limited financial ability to help and because both she and my grandfather are stubborn and proud; I turn to you on the internet with the hopes that I can raise enough to help her keep her home but still be able to stay with Grandpa while he recovers.
Whether you donate or not, please pass it along in the hopes that someone might be willing to help a stranger.
Organizer and beneficiary
Thomas Silone Jr.
Organizer
Visalia, CA
Sherri-Lynn Chenier
Beneficiary
