Tony Roles & Family Need Your Help

Hi,

My name is Brittany Fryska (formerly Roles) and my Dad is Anthony (“Tony”) Roles. My Dad has been in the hospital, intubated and on a ventilator (breathing machine) since 12/26/23. He doesn’t have health insurance due to several complicating factors including owning his own business, divorce proceedings that may or may not still be ongoing as well as some not so great decisions he made to be honest.

I know none of this is your problem and honestly my Dad would probably say it’s not your problem either and is going to hate that I’m doing this but I just have to.

A lot of you know this and some of you may not, my Dad and I don’t have the best relationship. He loves me and I love him but we are very, very different people. We would argue about politics and values, like I’m sure many families do in these divisive times. In fact, these last few years I’ve been so upset with him that I’ve barely spoken to him much at all. I had no idea how hard it would hit me when he was actually this sick, when I actually might lose him. When someone isn’t there to argue with anymore, none of the rest of it seems to matter anymore. Who cares who is a Republican and who is a Democrat?

My sister Jody and my Dad have a much better relationship and he has grandkids (her children) he loves very much. He came to this country from England and worked hard to give his family the best life that he could. He’s not been perfect and he’s made mistakes (like the rest of us) but he has always loved us and he has always worked hard.

My Dad will need extensive rehab and will have astronomical medical costs without insurance related to his care and his recovery. I believe everyone in this country deserves access to the same care, regardless of insurance/financial status (something he and I would often argue about ironically). He deserves the chance to get better. He deserves the chance to talk to me and to my sister again, to his grandkids, to his family in England, to all of his friends and family who love him. I don’t know right now how much I deserve the chance to say sorry, but I want it so very badly. I want to tell him I want him to try harder, and that I promise to also.

Any donation, no matter how small, would mean the world to me and to my family. Also eventually to my Dad when he forgives me for doing this (which I hope he will).

Any donations given will be used to help with medical expenses and recovery, including the extensive rehabilitation that will be required for my Dad to recover any quality of life.

Thank you for listening, and for considering making a donation and/or sharing.