Hello everyone,
If life was good I wouldn’t be on here asking for any donation. About 5 years ago I ended up in the hospital due to fluid overload I was told I have nephrotic syndrome due to diabetes. with that hospital stay in 10 days they took off approximately 80 pounds worth of water out of my system. There really is no cure the only thing that we could do was to eat right and take care of my body as best as possible this started the whole situation where I started going into debt because of hospital bills and deductibles and trying to make sure that I was doing everything I was supposed to. As we all know deductibles are not cheap and I now have way too much debt due to them. That’s the first reason why am asking for some help with a donation.
Had things stayed the same way that they were going I knew at some point I would have to be on dialysis because my kidneys were slowly becoming too damaged. But like 10 to 15 years down the line. But that wasn’t to be in the last two years I’ve been in the hospital twice both times it was like I was drowning inside my own body. Both times they took off approximately 50 pounds worth of liquid but the last time was this year.
This year when I went into the emergency room I couldn’t breathe any point in time I was even slightly laying down. At that point my kidneys were only working at about 6% nobody can tell me why all of a sudden my kidneys decided not to work but that’s what happened. The result was I ended up in the hospital again for 9 days. This time I had a choice I could go on dialysis or I could give up the way the numbers were heading maybe a month live if I didn’t take this corrective action. They had me go into surgery and they put a tube into my chest so that it would go into an artery and allow them to do dialysis. After that he did that over the next couple days they took out 7 L of liquid from my body. That’s over 28 pounds. I got to go home and do dialysis at a center. I started having bad side effects of not being able to stay awake dizziness nausea not being able to function. I missed some days at work and not being eligible for FMLA I ended up on a final written for attendance. Luckily I was able to switch my dialysis time so instead of 5:30 in the morning it was 2:30 in the afternoon so when I would get sick it would just be me going home. Usually the next day I feel OK but there’s times I’m still struggling just to make it through that day at work. There’s a lot of stress, there’s a lot of things up in the air. But I do know that it’s not gonna be cheap and for years I’ve been struggling just trying to keep my head above water and moving forward.
I was put on this World for a purpose. I think a large part of that purpose was to have my daughter to teacher her, love her, and to show her what life is supposed to be like. I’ve done that to the best of my ability so far but as things medically I’ve gone downhill so is my ability to show her the world. I came to a realization a few weeks ago when somebody asked me a question. The question is why are you trying so hard to survive why not just give up? The answer is my daughter to just set the right example. Never give up on what’s important. I have done that and want to continue to show her that love and determination to survive. I want to be there and healthy enough to be there physically not just in spirit.
I was asked why did I do this go fund me? To try and get the help I need is the simple answer but let me tell you what triggered it.
The answer
My daughter means the world to me and we do things together like normal people. We were in the car and listening to a CD the song Butterfly Kisses came on and I told her that when she gets married I want the father daughter dance to be this song. Her words, “Daddy you have to be around for that to happen.”
As much as her word hurt what that really told me is if I don’t get help and take care of my self I won’t be there. I won’t be there to see her get married to have a life. I want to be around for her and not a burden. Keep in mind she is not close to being married she is just finished with high school. So I need to reach deep down and find the strength to prevail in this ordeal. But I need each and everyone of you reading this to help me please. Donate if you can, pass my words along to others so they can help if they can with a donation but keep the ball rolling let’s hit the goal set.
Thank you in advance for any help that you can give. https://gofund.me/a839ef7c
Michael Nielsen