Hello,

 

My name is Kristen. I decided to go against my Dad's wishes and am asking friends and family for help in getting him a new/used trailer. He feels "Go Fund Me" accounts are like a homeless person begging for money. The fact is...he is one step above homelessness and has never panhandled. I told him this is a hand up, and not a hand out...and I'm doing it anyway.

 

I hope to raise funds for my 68-year-old, extraordinarily sick, stubborn, and elderly Dad, Robert Frisk. He lives alone and suffers from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Buerger’s Disease, and COPD. He can’t walk anymore. His left leg is beyond rotting from knee to ankle and he bleeds out of his shoes. He’s in constant debilitating and excruciating pain. He may even lose his leg if not healed properly...but he needs a healthy enviroment for him to do so.

 

He currently survives in a leaky, moldy, broken-down trailer in the middle of a field across from the Animal Shelter in Rohnert Park. There's no running water, no electricity, and no plumbing for toilet or showers. It even caught fire a couple of times. Honestly it should have just continued to burn to the ground…but this is his home, so he stayed.

 

In addition to that…he has been able to survive these un-safe and un-heathy conditions, due to him being employed with the Press Democrat the last 15 years. Unfortunately, nobody reads the newspaper anymore. This caused my Dad to lose his job a couple weeks ago.

 

I hope and pray I can raise funds to purchase Dad a healthier dwelling for him to heal in. He needs running water to change his dressings x’s a day, sponge baths, electricity for heat because he’s always wet or freezing from the holes in his roof, a toilet for obvious reasons, and for him to finally sleep in a clean bed. Things most folks take for granted.

 

My Dad and I both know his terrible life choices brought him to this place and these conditions. We also understand that he needs to lie in his broken bed…but he’s my Dad and it makes me shutter having to drop my elderly and sick Dad off at a trailer that should be condemned.

 

I feel the end is rapidly approaching for my Dad, so I'm bracing myself for the inevitable, yet hopeful for the future. I’m not sure how to process all of this, all while staying strong and supporting my Dad. I want so bad to help alleviate his pain and suffering, while improving what's left of his quality of life. I want this for him, myself, and his granddaughters.

 

I sincerely appreciate any amount you can donate...even just a $1.00.

 

Thank you,

Kristen