The last two months have been extremely hard, both emotionally and financially.

Fred, my Dad, first went into the hospital right after Christmas for what was supposed to be just a routine amputation of a toe that had became necrotic and it has spiraled into so much more. He had 4 hospital stays within 6 weeks (From December 26th to February 11th) and is still battling his issues and this has thrown our entire household into chaos & uncertainty. The issues leading to further hospital stays ranging from uremic encephalopathy from a mishandling at one of the hospitals with his dialysis, the discovery of osteomyelitis resulting in further surgery on his foot, and also severe constipation from being consistently on pain killers, and now he is facing more amputations because of a toe dislocation that is showing signs of septic arthritis/osteomyelitis but my Dad is refusing surgery out of fear because his podiatrist says that if they take that toe, they are required to take them all (He only has three toes on that foot, it's not safe to be left with only 2 toes on one feet because it just guarantees that they will break under stress and lead right back to where we are now). He is desperate to return to work but has been medically advised not to because of his feet, he is justifiably terrified and it really breaks my heart that I am not able to provide any great relief because we are in a pretty deep hole right now.

My Dad has always been the one to take care of us and seeing him so ill has been the greatest trial in my entire life. He is stage 5 kidney failure and on hemodialysis, he is fighting peripheral artery disease which is what has been causing his amputations and being immuno-compromised, it's one infection after another and it's like they're taking my Dad piece by piece and it really doesn't take much to put him into a confused, fugue like state which is TERRIFYING to say the least.

My Dad lost his job at the very beginning of 2025 and while we were managing alright between his disability for his kidney failure and also his uber job combined with my paycheck, things are not alright now. I work for the same company that fired him and things have fallen apart there because I went from full time to working only 1 to 2 days a week. I've picked up a second part time job at a gas station to try and keep up some sort of income for us, but it's not enough. He hasn't been able to uber with these things going on with his feet. We are behind on our bills, we are behind on our mortgage, and we have fallen behind on credit card payments since December. Our only hope was a mortgage refinance, they were going to pay off his credit card debt and also provide $10,000 cash out, and they decided to cancel the loan on the very last day, the day it was supposed to close and initiate a payout, without any sort of reason or explanation, and now my Dad is depressed, he feels cheated and led on. He can't work, both of his feet are injured, and the stress is taking a major toll on his mind and as of 3/1/26, he is facing another hospitalization. We already can't afford the piled up medical bills, to add more is going to be another 10 feet deeper in debt but I don't know what else to do, there is only so much my sister & I can do to stabilize him at home. My sister is his dialysis technician and I am his wound care and general caretaker.

The absolute dread I feel in my heart at the prospect that our family is going to lose our home when both of my parents are extremely unwell, they both are completely reliant on life saving medical equipment and I'm the only person in our house who is physically capable of working. Everything feels doomed. I feel like I can't take care of them. We really really need some help.

My Dad is my entire world and to see him falling apart now on the inside over everything that's going on is the most devastating thing I have ever had to witness. If there's anything anyone can do to try and help us, we would be extremely lucky and grateful. If you can't donate, PLEASE share it, share it everywhere you can, that would be beyond appreciated. We need about $10,000 to get us out of our current hole and be able to keep our home, that will buy us enough time to find a way to handle all of our other debts.