Brad Weil Lifeblood Fund

For those of you who don't know about the situation, my name is Josh Weil and my dad, Brad, has had Multiple Sclerosis as long as I can remember and unfortunately a laundry list of other conditions. As time has gone on, and no matter how hard he fights, the days get harder, and the expenses to maintain life increase. For someone to have to go through what he does on a daily basis with constant pain, doctors always calling and coming,  to have to have aides (who are amazing) to do daily functions constantly overlooked by others not around these situations, or him being able to leave the house monthly to go to the doctor, and that be his "freedom" from the house, is not an easy life to lead. I look up to his courage and strength every single day. With this being said, the life that is within the four walls he has grown accustomed to, is a manageable life that I feel can prolong his life for years to come, but it is expensive. I would be the last person to ask for money from somebody else unless we really needed it and I'm not afraid to face the fact that we need help. My parents do not know that I am creating this, and my mom doesn't usually tell me things like this, but I could tell this was my time to try and make a difference for my family. It really is yours too, we have so many people who show us love and support that I wanted to see if anyone could help us out.

I would have normally told my mom that everything will be fine, but until you hold your crying mother in your arms, you may not understand the seriousness of the situation at hand. Life is not what it always seems on the surface, it may not seem like this is an urgent thing if you see us for a day or what ever. But think about it, if we sat here and sulked all day, life would be miserable for everyone involved, but we have said screw that, we want to do what we can to enjoy each other and make the best of our lives with the cards that we have been dealt. My mom should not have to feel uncertain of days to come with aides and certain necessities, as well as think about needing to do more when she has already devoted her life to being around for his every single need. Without maintaining what we have going here, I picture life going towards my worst nightmare, which is my dad's condition continuing to worsen and my mom continuing to be devoting herself physically, but not without help when I am not around .

I hate to even ask anything, to be perfectly honest, and I hate to publicize my Dad's health issues, but I do not want to have my mom crying in my arms because we are unsure about the future with maintaining his way of life right now, just because of money.  I do not want my dad to have to change his life to add even more struggles and most importantly, my dad has been fighting to stay afloat for so long, I do not want anything out of his control to be the reason he loses hope, I look up to that man and I know that he would work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week if I had any 1 condition much worse than these he has, just to see me smile. Someone up above really likes to test our strength, unity and love for each other, but we will never give in to the pressure! I love you Mom and Dad and I want to do everything in my power to get this life to a place where we can be comfortable.