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I am asking for funds to help take care of my mom and dad. We need around $2,000.00

My dad has late stage dementia (Alzheimer's). My mom is his primary caretaker. We have to make repairs to the septic tank and the lowest quote we received was for $1,800.00. The first quote was for over $4000 for a "maybe" repair, and they said that the ideal repair would cost around $15,000.00. The work that we need done is a back pump to clear out the pipes, replace a tee (spelling?), and install a riser. If we do not do it, the septic tank will continue to back up. We managed to delay the work for a week or so to figure out how to get the funds, but it needs to get done.

Between my father's retirement income, my income, and my brother's help, we can generally cover most of our costs. His retirement covers the mortgage and I cover pretty much everything else (utilities, food, insurance, maintenance to the cars/house, pet food, etc). We were doing okay until the back up. The septic tank was extremely unexpected and came at a bad time.

Lore: I don't remember when my dad was diagnosed, but it has been at least 5 years and his shape is only getting worse. It has reached the point that he has PICA and will eat things that he shouldn't. That led to him being hospitalized earlier this year due to a septic shock from a blockage in his intestines. Since then, he has needed more round the clock care. As such, my mom takes care of him (much to the detriment of her own health), and she cannot work. My mom recently suffered a back injury trying to help my dad get into the shower.

My mom only really gets rest when I force my dad to workout with me during my own training sessions (you can find them on my Instagram if you search Kenno Varela). We thought we could continue handling this on our own, but have hit a bit of a wall here.

FWIW: I tried to claim my parents on my taxes. If I had been able to, it would have covered this cost, but I wasn't able to because they had to file jointly.