
Help my Dad Smile again!
Hi my name is Beth and I am fundraising for my dad, Paul. He is a vibrant 87 year old . This past year has been very tough for him. He lost his beloved dog and companion. A few months ago he started passing out and would awake a bit disorientated. He has been living alone and was isolated due to covid. On a few of these incidents he broke and lost what teeth he had left. Presently he has no teeth and there is no financial aid or resources to help pay for new teeth. Medicare does not cover dentures or most dental procedures. Can you imagine chewing and absorbing your food without teeth? Problems with teeth pull at my heartstring because I needed major dental work ; root canal, crowns, implants and had to travel to Mexico for my dental care. I would take my dad but he is too old to travel there . My family was able to move my dad to assisted living last week. That took a great deal of planning and pooling of family resources to make it happen. Oops, I forgot to mention my dad lives in New Orleans, The good news , we managed to get movers to bring his belongings to his new digs, the bad news is he had to evacuate within hours because of Hurricane Ida. Twenty six seniors piled into a bus and evacuated to an empty apartment building in Jackson, Mississippi. Wonderful he is safe, but no bed, just a cot to sleep on. Luckily there is food, electricity and water. He has been there for over a week and people are helping to make the seniors more comfortable but the one issue that remains for my dad is the inability to properly eat food....Kind of like the song, the only thing I want for Christmas are my 2 front teeth,,,,The only thing my dad really wants for the rest of his life are teeth, Can you help with this? A little bit collectively goes a long way to help my dad smile again. Smile and the world smiles with you! Thank you so much for support!