Zach's Recovery: Facing Financial Strain

Hi, my name's Zacheriah, but friends and family call me Zach for short. I'm a son to my beautiful mother, Rachel Castellano, and a father to my sweet and beautiful 9-year-old daughter, Kaylee.

I'm raising funds basically for doctor's visits and bills since I'm going to be without a job for 6 weeks recovering. I recently had a major surgery done called a Whipple that almost cost me my life. The doctor had to take a cyst that grew about 4 inches wide and 5-6 inches long, which was located on the inside of the wall of my small intestine and took over part of my pancreas as well.

I recently found out I had an ulcer located right below that was bleeding out, which was the reason why I was always losing blood and had to get blood transfusions. At first, it was small, then grew over a period of 1 year and 6 months. I couldn't eat right, couldn't find the strength to get out of bed in the morning to go to work. My only motivation was my daughter.

My job was working with me to keep money coming in even though I was hired through a staffing company. That's how I was barely able to support my daughter and barely had enough to keep up with bills and doctor visits. One thing to take into consideration is that I'm very independent, and I did have a job until I had my surgery, which was done on the 10th.

It was a very big scare for me because I did have complications and had to get rushed to the ICU a day before my release date, which was Friday, June 13. My hemoglobin and sugar were dropping. I had only one IV, thanks to the nurse who was able to find a vein, so they had to make a decision whether or not to give me more blood or sugar until the independent contractor came and put a midline since all my veins were collapsed due to all the transfusions and doctor's visits I had right before leading up to the surgery.

Long story short, I'm looking for anything to help keep me afloat until after my recovery so I can look for work or pray that the same company I was working for would rehire me back on. Thanks to anybody and everybody that can help, whether the number be the highest or the lowest.

I would like to thank GOD first and foremost for giving me another chance at life to let me see my daughter grow from a little girl to a grown woman because without Him, none of this would be possible. Amen.