My friend Christina O'Sullivan lost her long-time husband Tobin to pancreatic cancer last week. Tobin was only 52. During his battle with the disease, the family encountered many expenses that were not covered by insurance. Now that he is gone, Christina is not only dealing with grief and mourning, but a mountain of unpaid bills. Any donation you make will go towards helping her get out from under that debt. With permission from Christina, here is her story .... It is true that Canada has universal healthcare. It is true that Charles (editor note: their son) and I pay zero health insurance, as we are Canadian citizens and B.C. residents It is also true that Tobin did not think to secure travel medical insurance when he came up with us, and I am not allowed to use my Provincial Health Number for his care, so I owe more than $100000 for his month-long stay at our local hospital. He and I tried to transfer him to Bellingham but he was too frail to manage entering our Toyota Prius, and due to Covid-19 the international medical transport companies weren't able to help us. Another dastardly SARS-CoV-2 wrinkle: months before Tobin was diagnosed (March 2020) with metastatic pancreatic cancer, at my behest we moved post office boxes from Bellingham to the pene-exclave Point Roberts. Tobin did go to Bellingham for his cancer care, but our mailing address is Point Roberts. As a Canadian citizen who had to surrender her Green Card October 10, 2019, Tobin's medical necessity of chemotherapy, imaging, some hospital stays, blood draws, and prescription medications was my ticket across the Douglas-Peace Arch crossing. Point Roberts has no medical facilities, so I am unable to cross at Tsawwassen to pick up our mail. It's a safe bet some bills are in collection.

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In memory of Tobin Lathrop

In memory of Tobin Lathrop

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