Help Brooke Rebuild Her Life

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There is no way one person can handle so much grief on their own.

After losing her best friend and father in the matter of two months, Brooke has yet another tragic event thrown at her.

As she is now packing up and trying to figure out what her next move is Brooke was made POA of her older sister Jessica who is in End stage Liver Failure. On January 22, the day before Brooke’s birthday, she was faced with having to talk to Jessica’s daughter, their mother and sisters and make the decision to put Jessica on Hospice end of life, comfort measures. This means they are now faced with having to arrange another memorial service and pay for all expenses only two months after losing her father.

My ex-wife, Brooke, and her mother Jeanette Tralies need a help.

Anyone who knows her knows that Brooke is one of the most loving and caring people around. She is an amazing mother, friend and daughter who helps everyone she can, including rescuing wild animals who would otherwise be left for dead. Brooke’s worst flaw is that taking care of herself always gets put last.

Through the last 5 months, her life has been flipped upside down. In June, she had what her doctor said was a potential ocular stroke, which led her body to go into shock, causing a sarcoidosis flare-up and a misdiagnosis of what was said to be a ruptured ovarian cyst. Because of these issues, she missed a lot of work and fell behind. As she began to get caught up, on September 30th, Brooke received news that her best friend, Allex, had unexpectedly passed away. Between working full-time, caring for our kids, and her health, she was barely able to grieve when, 7 days later on October 7th, Brooke’s father, Mike, fell and split his head open, losing so much blood that EMS called LifeFlight to airlift him to Jersey Shore Trauma Center.

Brooke and her mom, Jeanette, became her father’s primary caregivers, which made Brooke need to take more time off work. For a month, Brooke worked as much as possible while being diagnosed with another condition in November (diverticulitis). She cared for the kids and visited her dad in the hospital, brought him home, back to the hospital, then to rehab, and once more back to the hospital, and finally home on hospice, where she cared for him around the clock until he passed on November 21st. Jumping right back into working full-time, caring for kids, and her mom, Brooke hasn’t been given a break or the chance to properly grieve two of her most important people.

January 13th, Brooke was told she would have to move out of her house as she is unable to get caught up on her own, the lease expired in May and she fell behind in September but the landlord was refusing to give a new legal lease, which would have allowed Brooke to get assistance from Family Promise, the state and other agencies to get caught up. Now she has to start from scratch to get a home for herself and the kids.

This woman needs a win!! Anything anyone can do to help is greatly appreciated.