First, let me start by sharing that it was not easy to decide to reach out here for help from others on behalf of my 61-year-old husband of 28 years of marriage because he has always worked to take care of me and his 3 sons, his family.

Charles never gives in to any shortcuts, but he is exhausted as he is currently pushing through having Stage 5 kidney failure. Regardless of his own efforts, sometimes life throws a curve, and pride needs to be put aside to ask for help and prayers!

Charles started his own security business and was successful until the business he contracted with closed up in June of 2024. While he made several attempts to take on other work, including an attempt to relocate our current household of myself, Charles, 2 sons, and our family pet to North Carolina where we could receive work as a family.

Although we did indeed give it a try for two months. It wasn’t in his health's best interest because his medical doctors are in Florida, and his medical insurance was not eligible to seek new care in NC.

It became clear that his kidney failure was indeed progressing. Charles progression of symptoms has increased, such as swollen feet, ankles, lower back pain, and fatigue, and is currently on 8 medications and will be starting dialysis just to name a few things. These things have seriously affected just how much he can do anymore in the same capacity that he has always pushed himself to do.

My husband Charles has done what needs doing to keep a job, and he has always worked to keep us, his family, safe and secure. Charles is a private man who prefers to keep his personal things, especially any ailments, private and guarded. He was diagnosed with kidney failure approximately 2 years ago, and still, he is trying to put in his full effort to hold a full-time job, but his condition is causing him to miss more and more scheduled workdays because as he battles this stage of his kidney failure, he requires more appointments, exams, and labs, and sadly is not physically in the same capacity to do so.

Charles always keeps great faith and positive optimism and speaks openly about that he knows he will come out on the other side of this. His faith and positive energy push him forward each day, and without doubt in his heart, he knows this will pass. He always makes a point to say when it does and he regains his health, he will continue to be grateful, thankful, full of faith and positivity. He doesn’t know any other way to be.

Thank you all for any help that is offered