This is something I didn’t ever really want to do. I’m not great at asking for help but I think the time has come.

As most of my friends and family know, I live with uncle Mike and take care of him full time. He doesn’t drive and is now unable to stay alone because of balance issues that causes frequent falls. At his age, and being on blood thinners, falls are particularly dangerous for him and I live in constant fear of him falling and further injuring himself. He took a tumble several months back that caused multiple broken ribs, a broken clavicle, and internal bleeding.

Several weeks ago, I started experiencing a strange sensation with my heartbeat where it was rapidly increasing in speed with even very little exertion. Then, a week later, my breathing became so labored that I felt like passing out was a real possibility. I decided to go to the doctor and they called and ambulance for me once discovering atrial fibrillation and a very fast pulse.

Long story short, I went on to be in the hospital for a few days only to find out I have heart failure. They did multiple cardio version procedures to shock my heart out of AFib.

I was released from the hospital with 6 new medicines and multiple test appointments. I’m happy to say that the case worker in the hospital was able to help me secure health insurance through April. Unfortunately, the income I had to qualify for that was my DoorDash income and I’m unable to do that now with my heart issues and existing knee injuries.

For now, though, uncle Mike and I find ourselves in massive trouble in the short term. Our power and gas were turned off within days of me being released from the hospital and I only was able to get them reconnected by taking multiple cash advance loans.

I’m staring down at utility bills, property tax bills and more and seeing no way out. So that’s why I made the very difficult decision to ask for help as much as I don’t want to.

Thank you for any help you offer, even if your kind thoughts.