A Father’s Misfortune; A Daughters love
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A Father’s Misfortune; A Daughter’s Love
Lonnie
Lonnie did everything a good father was supposed to do. As an electrician and 20-year member of IBEW Local 6, Lonnie worked hard every day to provide for his family, keep them safe, and support their dreams. Lonnie ignored the daily aches and pains that come along with physically demanding construction work, but about a year ago, his back pain became too difficult to endure. His doctors discovered multiple tumors.
After suffering complications from spinal surgery last year, 51-year-old Lonnie Hillman now faces the prospect of spending his life in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down, permanently unable to work his trade as an IBEW Local 6 electrician. Lonnie has spent several months in hospitals recovering from his surgery and doing intense physical therapy, trying to regain some of the nerve function he lost. His doctors are planning to release him soon, but Lonnie has nowhere to live. He lost the lease on his apartment and exhausted his savings trying to keep up with his medical expenses. Since he can no longer work, Lonnie has no way to support himself. Lonnie’s only help comes from his 23 year old daughter, Sierra, a San Francisco Bay Area native, who has no ability to meet all of his immediate financial and medical needs as she is still trying to navigate through this unexpected crisis.
Sierra
Sierra is trying to do everything she can. She was scheduled to start classes at San Francisco State University before Lonnie’s medical tragedy, but she decided to scrap her college plans so she could find ways to help financially support her father and pay for his medical expenses. She holds two jobs (a full time nanny and waitress), shares an apartment with four roommates, and is studying to be an esthetician. Sierra advocates for Lonnie’s medical needs and negotiates for his continued rehabilitation. She is maneuvering through the complexities of the state and federal health administration for potential disability benefits, engages with his union to ensure his membership does not lapse, and took on the responsibility to move his belongings from his apartment when he lost his lease after surgery; all while struggling to search for an affordable new wheelchair-accessible apartment in the bay area.
Despite her best efforts, Sierra realistically cannot afford all of these financial responsibilities including her own. The father-daughter duo need $30,000 to pay for Lonnie’s medical needs and $5,000 to get into a wheelchair accessible apartment. This financial bridge will put Lonnie and Sierra on a path to independent living. Sierra plans to live with Lonnie after his discharge so she can provide him the ongoing support and help that he requires.
Lonnie’s rehab team describes Lonnie as being introverted by nature; a very nice, quiet man with few complaints -- just don’t bother him when there’s a football game on TV! He is a proud man who is slowly learning to adapt to his life-changing transition as a paraplegic.
Please consider donating to this amazing Dad and Daughter duo.
Lonnie
Lonnie did everything a good father was supposed to do. As an electrician and 20-year member of IBEW Local 6, Lonnie worked hard every day to provide for his family, keep them safe, and support their dreams. Lonnie ignored the daily aches and pains that come along with physically demanding construction work, but about a year ago, his back pain became too difficult to endure. His doctors discovered multiple tumors.
After suffering complications from spinal surgery last year, 51-year-old Lonnie Hillman now faces the prospect of spending his life in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down, permanently unable to work his trade as an IBEW Local 6 electrician. Lonnie has spent several months in hospitals recovering from his surgery and doing intense physical therapy, trying to regain some of the nerve function he lost. His doctors are planning to release him soon, but Lonnie has nowhere to live. He lost the lease on his apartment and exhausted his savings trying to keep up with his medical expenses. Since he can no longer work, Lonnie has no way to support himself. Lonnie’s only help comes from his 23 year old daughter, Sierra, a San Francisco Bay Area native, who has no ability to meet all of his immediate financial and medical needs as she is still trying to navigate through this unexpected crisis.
Sierra
Sierra is trying to do everything she can. She was scheduled to start classes at San Francisco State University before Lonnie’s medical tragedy, but she decided to scrap her college plans so she could find ways to help financially support her father and pay for his medical expenses. She holds two jobs (a full time nanny and waitress), shares an apartment with four roommates, and is studying to be an esthetician. Sierra advocates for Lonnie’s medical needs and negotiates for his continued rehabilitation. She is maneuvering through the complexities of the state and federal health administration for potential disability benefits, engages with his union to ensure his membership does not lapse, and took on the responsibility to move his belongings from his apartment when he lost his lease after surgery; all while struggling to search for an affordable new wheelchair-accessible apartment in the bay area.
Despite her best efforts, Sierra realistically cannot afford all of these financial responsibilities including her own. The father-daughter duo need $30,000 to pay for Lonnie’s medical needs and $5,000 to get into a wheelchair accessible apartment. This financial bridge will put Lonnie and Sierra on a path to independent living. Sierra plans to live with Lonnie after his discharge so she can provide him the ongoing support and help that he requires.
Lonnie’s rehab team describes Lonnie as being introverted by nature; a very nice, quiet man with few complaints -- just don’t bother him when there’s a football game on TV! He is a proud man who is slowly learning to adapt to his life-changing transition as a paraplegic.
Please consider donating to this amazing Dad and Daughter duo.
Organisator
Sierra Hillman
Organisator
San Francisco, CA