Hi friends. As posted by our dear friend, Aeralie Brighton, she needs our help through difficult times she and her family are going through. Please help with anything you can! Here is what she wrote on FB: 

“So.. I really need to talk. This is not a pleasant post, so please know ahead of time this is an excruciatingly painful post I’m about to write. Feel free to scroll ahead.

Anyone who has been following our story for the past few years or so knows that I have not been doing well.. at all.. health wise. To make matters worse, we had to make significant life changes due to a life-threatening black mold situation in our previous home. I nearly died earlier this year and my body is continuing to randomly shut down.. it’s getting worse and worse and the doctors have attributed it to both my military service and the black mold exposure for nearly 4 years. I knew that I was not doing well, but as soon as some of our animals also developed tumors like myself, and were losing fur, getting sick, etc we knew we had to move immediately.

Tonight I had to take one of our animals in to the emergency care facility. They have discovered a massive mass in his belly, has a severe case of liver failure, and I can’t help but feel guilty because this whole time I’ve been so focused on trying to survive through my own stuff that I didn’t stop to make time to follow up for the other animals we have that were also exhibiting symptoms.

I don’t know how much more I can take. When I went in and they drew up the care plan for emergency care only, they basically told me I need to choose between my mortgage payment or letting my 8 year old cat die tonight. I don’t even know how to process this. My heart literally can’t take any more heartbreak right now.

Why is the health care system such a big industry? Why are so many companies profiting off of the sick and the weak? I can’t even put to words how devastated and angry I am over this. I’m shaking right now. $3000 just for the next two days in the hospital, not including the $500-$800 feeding tube and any other extras they may need to include. Logically I know this is not my fault, but I can’t help but feel like I’m guilty or at fault because I didn’t pay enough attention to the warning signs because I’ve been too focused on my own health... My selfishness is likely going to cause my cat to die and I am falling to pieces.”