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Funeral and Burial service for my father

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I don’t usually ask for help but I really need some help this time. My father has been a widower for the past 5 years and now has passed away himself, at the age of 83, in hospice on Sunday, October 11, 2020. We did lay my mother to rest on February 16, 2015 after she passed away from lung cancer on January 22, 2015. My father was not perfect by any means but tried to raise and guide me the best he could. My Facebook family and friends know I tried to be a good son and help him as much as I could, as well as enjoy meals with him at Elena’s and People’s cafe. About two months ago, on Friday, August 7, 2020, he fell down trying to take out trash. I found him an hour later and called the ambulance as he couldn’t walk or stand. He was admitted to Straub with a broken hip and required surgery to fix. He was slated to go Hale Nani to rehab but decided he wanted to come home with family. So he came home 5 days later, after the hip surgery and I helped bathed him and change the dressing on his hip. Then on Friday, August 14, a week later I found him unconscious by his diabetes testing and insulin. He was unresponsive and I called 911. He was rushed to Queens having a heart attack and GI bleeding with and infection. He stayed in ICU for about 2 weeks. They closed the ulcers with surgery and said he also had a heart attack. Around Labor Day, he was transition to a care facility to rehab. He was the for 3 weeks and Medicare stopped paying and said to bring home for long term care. We brought him home on Thursday, September 24, 2020. Well, he had a follow up visit with pcp over the phone with myself assisting. The doctor had me take temp which was 100.4, he had trouble breathing and mumbled to me. Doctor noticed via face time a droopy face and said “hang up and call 911. I think your father is having a stroke”. He was taken to Straub and had an MRI. He had a massive stroke and was totally dependent on care now. My father told the hospital he didn’t want to be kept alive via machine or tube feeding. That would need to continue for the rest of his life. He needed to be given IV because he could not eat. He choked on his saliva while lying down. Doctor called and said you next of kin, they recommend Hospice. My father was not good. He passed on Sunday Oct. 11, with morphine to help him pass without pain I applied for a charity stay since hospice care is $400 a day as his medical didn’t cover his room and board. They gave me a discount as we had no way to may the $5,600 for two weeks. Thankfully I got it cut down due to charity of the company. I recently took a part time job to pay for his service and will be working nights and weekends to do my part and start October 17, 2020 Now I’m tasked with paying for casket, funeral, and burial service which is all separate and cost thousands which he had no savings for. I have some to cover some but not all. Please help lay him next to my mother.
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    Barry Kwock
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    Honolulu, HI

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