
Help my grandmother with moving & doctor's bills
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I have always felt embarrassed by the idea of asking for money. But sometimes you have to ask for help, especially for someone else. My grandmother has been in and out of the hospital several times. A couple of years ago I took her to the hospital and soon found out she was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. She is now 2 years cancer free thank the Lord. We are incredibly blessed and thankful for that. However, not too long after that, I had to take her to the hospital again because she was having severe stomach pain. We then found out that she had a bowel obstruction caused by the surgery that the doctor had to do to get rid of the cancer. Well, he had to do another surgery for this. Doctor's bills piling up; grandma and I trying our best to make ends meet while life continues to throw curveballs.
Fast forward to recently, one day grandma and I were sitting at the kitchen table discussing her health. I say "I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you. You're my guardian angel." Right after I said that her eyes rolled in the back of her head and her whole body locked. I grabbed her arm to prevent her from falling off the chair. 30 seconds later she doesn't remember a thing. I rush her to the hospital, and just when we think life couldn't get any more hectic, the doctor says that she has atrial fibrillation and that she has to take meds for it for the rest of her life. She can't possibly afford this as well being on a fixed income while also paying for multiple hospital bills. I've been picking up extra shifts at work and even canceled my gym membership to help. She's taken care of me since I was 14 it's the least I can do. Even after ALL of this, I am just thankful that I was there at that moment.
We've come to the realization that she can't live alone being a diabetic. She is planning on moving to her niece's place in Pennsylvania. My mind will be put at ease knowing she will be in a safe environment. However moving from GA to PA will not be cheap, unfortunately. She has to constantly take out of her savings to pay hospital bills. I have been saving to contribute to her move as well as my move to CT. But now that I have offered to pay for her monthly prescription bills for Elliquis for the afib and the Freestyle libre sensor to help manage her blood sugar, it is now impossible to save. I am doing all I can working 6 sometimes 7 days a week. But sometimes I just have to ask for other people's help because it's now evident that I can't do all of this on my own. Truly, anything helps. I know times are tough for a lot of people.
Thank you so much in advance!
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Cheyenne Patterson
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Augusta, GA