Help pay medical expenses for Ray my Dad

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Help pay medical expenses for Ray my Dad

My father, what a wonderful man, how do I begin? Where do I begin? How do I tell his story to make you all see how colorful this man is? 
25yrs ago dad was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, he had a Radical Proctectomy and was given at best 5yrs to live! Well folks, here we are in 2021 and this 75yr old man is still kicking. Well kind of. In 2020 we were given the news that dads cancer wasn't doing as good as it had been and he needed to start Chemo to try and slow the process down. He went every other Wednesday to the Oncology Center, even during the worst of COVID-19, he still got into my Jeep and I drove him and watched him walk in with his mask, his cane, and he would always look back at me and wave and I know he gave me that famous smile under that silly mask. In the past year my folks have been drowning in medical bills. Dads Social Security income and moms combine just hasn't been covering it all. I have found that we are in some financial trouble, the bills keep coming but I can only pick and choose what we can pay and what we have to neglect because we still need to eat, and survive. I have taken the role over with paying the bills because dad had a real bad fall that landed him  in the hospital, he had to have surgery, and he had to stop Chemo right away because his body wasn't strong enough. The doctors warned us if dad stopped the chemo his life expectancy wouldn't be good and he'd need to start the chemo asap if he wanted to live. Well, we just got the news that dads body is giving up faster then expected an we as his family don't have much longer with him.
Please any help that anyone could give our family at this time in our lives would be greatly appreciated. There are no words to describe our gratitude. My mother is so scared because there is nothing left in savings, in life insurance, stock and bonds are gone and we are drowning in financial difficulties. The expense of Supplemental Health Insurance is over $500 a month for these Seniors. That's horrible. We are all doing our share within the family to help but it just isn't enough. You would be helping a man that bought my mother a Mini Van just so the Baseball team he coached could show up to games because their parents worked 2 jobs and were unable to get their kids to games on time! We all feel helpless at this time in life and if we could just get some help from friends, family, acquaintances, and strangers I promise you will be helping a family that deserves every dollar donated.

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Erin Boehle
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Warrenville, CT
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