Things have been unimaginably hard this year. I don't like putting my business out there. I hate asking for help. But I'm a struggling a single dad. On June 2nd, my daughter Tempe became very tired and pale. At first we thought she was just sick... After a little more than a day with no improvement and anemia becoming obvious, we went to the ER.... We went in with me thinking she was just low on iron.... Then, in the very early hours of June 3rd, I was informed that my beautiful little girl has Leukemia. They told me how this will likely be a battle we will have to fight for a few years. This on top of us already struggling paycheck-to-paycheck, has put us in an incredibly difficult spot. She can't go to school or any busy places, so she has to have care 24 hours a day, and as a result, my family tries to help as much as they can. But I also have become limited in how much I am able to work and how well I can focus to actually make enough to survive. Our electric is through the roof, because costs are up, it's hot, and we've had to use A/C and all other expenses more constantly. Then add in the fact that I have to spend a week or more in the hospital with a life-threatening critical illness called Lemierre's Syndrome which is a rare but life-threatening condition characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, typically following an upper respiratory tract infection. I have tons of clots in my neck and chest that could travel to my heart, lungs, brain, eyes, and many other dangerous places that could kill me. They said it was a miracle I survived this long and made it to the hospital. I'm required to be on IV at home, and take pills every day, for at LEAST months. One of those pills, a month's supply is $900. I don't know how much I will be able to work if at all. My health insurance is already expensive as hell and sucks. And all of my accounts are negative balances with bills calling me.

I HATE asking for help, but I keep falling behind on bills, and I can't afford the things that aren't covered, such as some of the medications both of us need, things she needs for mobility, her clothing sizes constantly change because of the steroids, mine probably will because I have been stuck in the hospital with little to no appetite and it's hard to swallow, stays that the insurance denies, and make up for lost income from not being able to work.

I've looked into so many things trying to find any help that I can, but everyone else needs paid to help too. I'm so exhausted. If I could just get the help I need consistantly to catch up and to keep us afloat, I would be able to focus on being with my daughter and getting us to all of our appointments.