I'm at my wits end..

Howdy, I'm Cory. Some of yall might know me, most of yall probably don't. We've run up on some hard times and are steadily falling behind and need some help.

Those of you who know me know that I have a real hard time asking for help from others as I was raised in extreme poverty and try my best to stay self sufficient. I let my pride get the best of me at times but things have piled up and my proverbial shovel has all but dissappeared.

I work mon-fri 12hrs a day as a truck driver and am the primary breadwinner of my household. My wife also works but has been on medical leave for the past 3.5 months. She had surgery on her wrist and elbow, carpal tunnel release and cubital tunnel release. After surgery she got somewhat better but has since lost nearly all use in her right hand, has to wear a brace 24hrs a day and has a 2lbs weight limit. Work won't let her return until she has no limits whatsoever. She's looking at having an additional surgery due to assumed malpractice but we aren't at that point. She has short term disability but that ran out at the 3mo mark and her company dropped the long term disability all together from their employees. We currently have a bill accruing through her company for benefits as well as the cost of her surgery and quite probably a second surgery. What a mess! Since she has been out of work I have since changed jobs, making better money but it's seemingly not enough.

We have a litany of issues that have accrued that are causing me quite a bit of stress and anxiety. The shingles are coming off our roof(we are double roofed but it's now against zoning or standards or whatever it is so the community manager is complaing to us to at least get them secured.) One of my kids decided to drop a toy in the toilet, now my plumbing is completely backed up in our primary bathroom and the plumbers are booked out 30 days. In the same bathroom, the previous owner took it upon himself to redo the subflooring and apparently didn't seal the laminate well enough as now the floor is sunken directly in front of the tub. The wrong step and into the crawl space I go. And now to top it all off, we bought a used car from the dealership yesterday with the last $2000 of our savings as my wife's car has finally took its last breathes(87 Toyota Camry). Opted for a 2001 Nissan Xterra. 4dr, 4wd, shifts great, no knocks, no pings, no tings, no clunks or thunks, AC blows cold and the cruise works! Got er home and messaged my mechanic, tried to call earlier in the day but no answer. Turns out that exact car had already been in his shop and diagnosed with blown head gaskets. Yay! A lemon! Took the car back today and was compensated with an 04 Nissan Xterra with a blown motor,$1300 of my cash back and the original 01 Nissan Xterra with headgasket issues. Which is great and I appreciate! They have an "as is" policy with no warranty and technically didn't have to do anything at all. But that still doesn't help me with the fact that I still have a car with blown headgaskets. Side note, lemon laws only apply in this state if the dealer knowingly sold me something with issues, the previous owner didn't tell them and the only way I knew was opening the radiator and starting the car to find bubbles and exhaust gasses escaping the fill neck.

-Headgaskets $3800 minus the $1300 I already have, so $2500

-Plumber $200

-Roof fix $500

-Floor fix $500

I'm trying to stay positive, I'm trying to keep my head up and my eyes on the horizon for not only myself but my family as well. But it's hard. My anxiety and depression are really getting the best of me here lately. We worked so long to get ahead and now it's slipping.

Please help if you can, if you can't that's ok too!

Be kind to one another and stay safe!

Thank you! ❤