A Hero that needs Heroes (A Battle with Cancer)

Alex Abernethy is organizing this fundraiser.

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Hello, my name is Alex and I'm fundraising for my Mom and Dad, who are fighting the worst battle of their lives right now. They have always been very strong and independent people, but are facing both physical and mental anguish they never knew in their lives...

5 months ago my Mom was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer with a timeline of 3 - 6 months to live. This news really put a perspective in to a loving couple of how cruel a hand that life can deal you. The way the world is at this time, living on a pension at old age is near impossible with the cost of living. Never mind adding a terminal disease into the mix of it all.

I'm raising these funds to not only make sure that at the end of everything, my Mom can leave this world without the worry of death expenses for my Dad... She is in the Foothills hospital right now in what doctors are calling “tentative stable condition.” Which is a far shot from good unfortunately.

They are the type of people that would never ask a hand out or a hand up in life, Which is why I am doing this for them. Their generation doesn't know how compassionate humanity can be in these kind of situations. They have their kids to help, but its not enough.

She has made it very clear that “she wants to live.” She is an amazing fighter, but we are fearing she won’t last long if we can’t get her more stable help.

She has been hit from all sides, Covid, pneumonia and a blood infection.. The Nurses and Doctors are doing everything they can. But round the clock constant care is what she needs. We just can’t afford it.

With help, these funds would be used to ensure my Mom and Dad can afford the things that palliative care and Government programs wont cover (certain medications, tools needed to make my Mom's last bit of life more comfortable, and private at home care, which is what we really need). As well as, when she is gone, help my Dad not worry about the financial stress of putting my Mom to rest.

With that said, here's their story as best as i can tell it, for those that care to read it:

Teresa and Robert met right here in Calgary Ab, in 1972. Robert was working with his step dad as independent contractors for the WRAP Program making repairs in houses for low income households. One Day they found themselves working in my grandmothers house, where my Mom was living. After a couple short weeks of working there, My Dad decided to ask my Mom out. She said YES!

Fast forward to a year later on October 11, 1973 they were married in a Christian Church. As years went by, they shared many glorious outdoor adventures. It was their favourite thing to do. In 1978 my oldest brother Chase was born, then 1979 my brother David was born. This briefly slowed the adventures down as now there was a family to take care of.

Teresa and Robert began their parenting chapter, and over the next decade, there were new adventures to be had with their two children.

Camping, fishing, dirt bikes, quading and much more.

Then in 1989 Alex (Me) was born. As parents they both did the best that they could with everything they had. They made sure that their children wanted for nothing and always had everything they needed.

The fondness memories all of their kids have were at Christmas time. There would not be 1 present under the Christmas tree right up to Christmas Day. Then we would wake up and go downstairs on Christmas morning, to find a flood of presents not only under the tree, but everywhere in the living room. They sure did an amazing job of keeping our belief in Santa alive right into early teenage years.

My brothers and I all got older and started lives of our own and with children of our own.

Teresa and Robert always stayed together through thick and thin. My Mom had a very bad run of serious operations through many years of their lives together. But Robert always stuck by her side for anything she needed. My Moms true hero and soulmate in life.

This coming October will be their 52nd anniversary of their marriage. That kind of eternal love and loyalty is very rare in this day and age!

Fast Forward to Now…

Pancreatic cancer has a very low survival rate as well as one of the most painful of all of them. My Mom is the toughest lady I have ever known in my life. It pains me to see how much this disease is taking that from her..

My Dad who is also very strong willed, he is having the hardest time of his life watching her go through this, and it has mentally broken him and his heart.

We need to get her home, my Dad promised that he wouldn’t let her leave this world in a strange place like a hospital

My brothers and I are doing the best we can to help with everything, Any help that we can get them, we would be forever grateful. These two people mean the world to us, and if we could…we would see it that they never have to worry about the financial stress that comes with Cancer. They both deserve that.