Arturo Palomo's Funeral Expenses

For the past four months Arturo, my husband, father of two daughters, landscaper, pit master, cook, and most of all, the love of my life had been fighting Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, a rare and possibly genetic disease. 

One night he complained to me and our youngest daughter of some chest discomfort and left costal pain, but he felt that the hospital wasn't necessary yet. The next morning the pain had radiated to his left side  and we headed to the ER of a local hospital. Art was there for a few nights with no improvement. After receiving anticoagulant IV meds he was unable to maintain his breathing. 

The doctors tried to transfer Art down to the Medical Center but they had no available beds. Therefore he sat at the local hospital waiting for days, after voicing my concerns to Patient Relations he was able to get transferred shortly after. 

Art struggled with attempting to hold his oxygen level, remaining on the BiPAP machine with his condition not improving. Late Friday night I had received the dreaded phone call from his pulmonologist saying that Art needed to be intubated. While performing the intubation Art's heart gave out and even with five CPR attempts they were unable to revive him. 

The hardest part about all of this was us not being able to be there with him through the toughest moment he had gone through. Though cries that we heard through the phone were tremendously heartbreaking, we were glad that we were able to say I love you to him one last time and to see him after his passing. 

Now his life insurance is being contested and that process of them deciding whether to pay or not could take up to a year. With that being said, we are asking you, our family and friends to help us in giving the most loving and caring man that we've had the pleasure of knowing the service that he undoubtedly deserves.

- The Palomo, Briones, and Rosas Families