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A Series of Catastrophes

“All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we’re giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to this world. That’s one of the things that connects us as neighbors–in our own way, each one of us is a giver and a receiver.” Mr. Rogers

My nephew-in-law, JP (Juan Pablo Pizarro Correa), had been resting at home recently recovering from a bad bug. When he got up to get a glass of water, he collapsed, unconscious onto his face on the hard kitchen floor, breaking several bones in his cheek and the vital structure stabilizing his eye. He will need a great deal of surgery to fix his eye socket and face. This surgery isn’t optional or cosmetic.

As if that wasn’t awful enough, my financially very responsible nephew Devan and his husband JP were in a short window of time without medical insurance as JP, who has lately been the provider of their insurance, was switching jobs. They had about a 60-day window where they would not be covered, and this happened during that window!

Wait, it gets worse! When they tried to reach out to activate COBRA (which is sooooo incredibly expensive) from his prior job, they were scammed out of bunch of money by unscrupulous people targeting people in crisis.

Now COBRA is activated, but even with that coverage, they will need to pay about $20,000 out-of-pocket. JP won’t be able to work for a while and Devan Moran, a professional violinist, is having to turn down jobs to care for his husband right now as he undergoes surgery today and recovers.

We would all be so grateful if you could contribute anything at all to this Go Fund Me for JP to cover medical and living expenses as he recovers.

These are the best of humans who are so kind, loving, generous and incredible caretakers of the environment. They really need something good to happen amidst all this bad. Can you be a helper right now and donate?