For Paul Kirby's Family

Due to the unexpected event of Paul’s passing, my family and I are experiencing a very rough financial strain and an overwhelming amount of expenses.

For those that may have not known or are vaguely aware of the situation , 6 years ago Paul was diagnosed with testicular cancer in which he fought and succeeded against shortly after discovering it then after years have passed thinking he was in the clear the very shocking event of the cancer coming back happened in December. This time when the specialist traced that he in fact had testicular cancer yet again. They also discovered that the cancer had spread to his kidneys, as well as a lymph node that was wrapped around his esophagus between his lungs. The doctors discussed that it was stage 4 and the steps to potentially getting him into remission would be a lot more strenuous but they were still giving us hope!  After two rounds of chemo, the cancer was showing no signs of positive responding, then we proceeded onto 15 sessions of radiation and yet again the cancer was also unresponsive. We were instructed to wait and see if after a few weeks the treatments may take hold and go from there but we didn’t get but a week and a half after completing treatment Paul started having issues breathing and On February 18th we went back to the hospital to see what was going on and from that moment everything went downhill in warped speed. We then found out that his chest was filling up with fluid and collapsing his right lung. After 11 days of being in the hospital, 9 days on a ventilator and a very hard fight, he lost his battle on February 29th. 

Paul was a one of a kind. He was a loving husband , an amazing father and father figure to sons that he had no obligations to ever have to be, one hell of a provider , the man never took a break he always made sure we were taken care of no matter what. This man loved everything he was handed and always saw the good side to things and loved the ever-loving crap out of his grandbabies.
And in saying all these things, the memories and the sadness that fills our hearts due to it happening so sudden we are left in a position of putting our pride aside and asking for help because my family and I really need it.

We didn’t get the chance to place money aside for any funeral necessities or have a contingency plan to take care of the day to day being that he was the soul provider and up till his passing all the money that we had was used in immediacy. It is a burden that we must swallow and are asking for support and graciousness to help ease us through this gut-wrenching time.