I'm losing my friend, and father to cancer
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Last year my father, Jeffrey Gregg, was diagnosed with an aggressive and terminal cancer that has now metastasized to his lungs and is now in his bones. Just weeks ago he was homeless and living in a corner of a warehouse, and for years prior he’s struggled with houselessness, sobriety, and instability. By the grace of my mother, and with our very limited space and means, we are taking on housing and caring for my father through the last days of his life.
We are asking for donations that will support us and our ability to provide caregiving to him during this time. My mother is disabled and on a fixed-income, and I am 26 with a part-time job. Donations will be spent on everyday necessities such as food, utilities, transportation to and from medical appointments, medication, and the necessary time that will be needed to be taken while off work for caregiving. We will not be able to admit my father to hospice nor the hospital to soothe him as he dies. We will be caring for him until his passes away at home. We will also be using donations for cremation and a celebration of life.
Growing up, my father was my best friend. Sometimes, he was one of my only friends. He worked on various vehicles together, all the time. We build Harleys and bikes together, and he even bought me my own mini Harley when I was ten. He was always up for taking me on a ride on the back of his bike. It was one of my favorite things to do. We lost touch for a while as he struggled with addiction. More recently he lost all of his possessions in an apartment fire, but when he recently returned to my life we were given a very short time together.
Hospice is estimating he will live anywhere from a week to just over a month. He is currently convalescing in a small bedroom at my mother’s where he will likely be cared for until he dies. In the meantime, and when he feels well enough, he comes to my home for short periods. A lot of the time we spend together he is resting. I've never been so destroyed in all of my life. I am so heartbroken. I love my father so much. My mother and I are trying to give him the best we can in his final days.
My father’s life hasn’t been easy and his death will not be either. Cancer is a terrible and painful disease from which to suffer. He’s long been a working class man, suffering injuries on the job including a TBI. He’s a survivor of HEP-C which nearly took his life when I was a child. Though he’s had a hard road, he’s a good man, he is my father, and I am asking you for help so that we can provide him with care and sustain ourselves through this costly and difficult time.
Again, donations will be spent on everyday necessities such as food, utilities, transportation to and from medical appointments, medication, and the necessary time that will be needed to be taken while off work for caregiving and after care.
If you have any questions or concerns, or can donate anything to help us help him through this time, we’d be deeply appreciative.
We are asking for donations that will support us and our ability to provide caregiving to him during this time. My mother is disabled and on a fixed-income, and I am 26 with a part-time job. Donations will be spent on everyday necessities such as food, utilities, transportation to and from medical appointments, medication, and the necessary time that will be needed to be taken while off work for caregiving. We will not be able to admit my father to hospice nor the hospital to soothe him as he dies. We will be caring for him until his passes away at home. We will also be using donations for cremation and a celebration of life.
Growing up, my father was my best friend. Sometimes, he was one of my only friends. He worked on various vehicles together, all the time. We build Harleys and bikes together, and he even bought me my own mini Harley when I was ten. He was always up for taking me on a ride on the back of his bike. It was one of my favorite things to do. We lost touch for a while as he struggled with addiction. More recently he lost all of his possessions in an apartment fire, but when he recently returned to my life we were given a very short time together.
Hospice is estimating he will live anywhere from a week to just over a month. He is currently convalescing in a small bedroom at my mother’s where he will likely be cared for until he dies. In the meantime, and when he feels well enough, he comes to my home for short periods. A lot of the time we spend together he is resting. I've never been so destroyed in all of my life. I am so heartbroken. I love my father so much. My mother and I are trying to give him the best we can in his final days.
My father’s life hasn’t been easy and his death will not be either. Cancer is a terrible and painful disease from which to suffer. He’s long been a working class man, suffering injuries on the job including a TBI. He’s a survivor of HEP-C which nearly took his life when I was a child. Though he’s had a hard road, he’s a good man, he is my father, and I am asking you for help so that we can provide him with care and sustain ourselves through this costly and difficult time.
Again, donations will be spent on everyday necessities such as food, utilities, transportation to and from medical appointments, medication, and the necessary time that will be needed to be taken while off work for caregiving and after care.
If you have any questions or concerns, or can donate anything to help us help him through this time, we’d be deeply appreciative.
Organizer
Jesse Gregg
Organizer
Tillamook, OR