Help with Ted’s continuing care
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Hi everyone, I’m fundraising for my Daddy whom most of you all know and love as the singing Deacon, “Mr. Sam Cook”, Mr. Ted from the Post Office, “The Mayor Of Cave Spring”, or just by simply seeing him and his sidekick, Jaylon, riding on their lawnmowers or in that white truck through town, Ted Barnett.
My parents are very private people, but there comes a time when a closed mouth doesn’t get fed. December 2023, my Daddy received the news that his Prostate Cancer had metastasized and now is in his bones, upper GI (lungs), and the stomach lining. It’s treatable, but not curable. My Daddy, my hero, the jack of all trades checked out mentally on us that day. After weeks of barely eating, not being mobile and no in home therapy …thanks to the local physician who REFUSED to hear my pleas for help unless she saw him AFTER her vacation which was weeks away, Daddy was growing weaker weaker til we finally ended up in the hospital at the end of January 2024.
This was a blessing in disguise because he now has a new primary care Dr, PT and OT, but is now bedridden and receives 24 hour care from his devoted wife of soon to be 61 years, Juanita. I also help as I can while still recovering from shoulder surgery and so does his sidekick my son, Jaylon. We are paying to keep their yard cut, hedges trimmed, his transportation to and from the Dr, which is between $175-$200 if we can get him in a wheelchair or excess of $400-$500 if he is transported on a stretcher back and forth from Rome. In addition to his medical supplies that you would need to care for someone who is bedridden.
My parents have no idea that I am asking for your help, but I’ve been watched them both serve this community without complaint and now they need you. No monetary value is too small and will not go unappreciated. All proceeds will go to help towards my Dad’s medical needs and expenses.
Thank you in advance.
My parents are very private people, but there comes a time when a closed mouth doesn’t get fed. December 2023, my Daddy received the news that his Prostate Cancer had metastasized and now is in his bones, upper GI (lungs), and the stomach lining. It’s treatable, but not curable. My Daddy, my hero, the jack of all trades checked out mentally on us that day. After weeks of barely eating, not being mobile and no in home therapy …thanks to the local physician who REFUSED to hear my pleas for help unless she saw him AFTER her vacation which was weeks away, Daddy was growing weaker weaker til we finally ended up in the hospital at the end of January 2024.
This was a blessing in disguise because he now has a new primary care Dr, PT and OT, but is now bedridden and receives 24 hour care from his devoted wife of soon to be 61 years, Juanita. I also help as I can while still recovering from shoulder surgery and so does his sidekick my son, Jaylon. We are paying to keep their yard cut, hedges trimmed, his transportation to and from the Dr, which is between $175-$200 if we can get him in a wheelchair or excess of $400-$500 if he is transported on a stretcher back and forth from Rome. In addition to his medical supplies that you would need to care for someone who is bedridden.
My parents have no idea that I am asking for your help, but I’ve been watched them both serve this community without complaint and now they need you. No monetary value is too small and will not go unappreciated. All proceeds will go to help towards my Dad’s medical needs and expenses.
Thank you in advance.
Organizer
Desheila Phillips
Organizer
Cave Spring, GA