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To start this I'll let you know a little bit about myself. I'm a thirty one year old who moved in with his disabled mother to take care of her and help her with everything. Before that happened I was a full time student in the IT field and had a job lined up at the Google data center near my hometown. I currently work as many hours as I can get at the local Walmart because it was the only job I could find around here. I'm actively trying everything I can to get a better job with better hours so I can more easily take care of my mother. I like to consider myself a decent person, I try to be helpful and kind to anyone and everyone I can. I've always tried to live by the rule of do unto others.
Now, for my current situation. My mother passed out on me before I was to go into work on the 11th of May. When I woke her up she said she was freezing (It was not cold in the house at all) and tired and her heart was racing. When I took her to the hospital we found out that her heart rate was very high and irregular. She ended up staying in the hospital for a few days, Mothers Day being one of them. They said the chances that she would leave without a pacemaker were very low. They believed she had some sort of blockage but nothing was found during the cardiac catheterization. She was released after this procedure with a heart monitor because they could not figure out what caused it and didn't find any blockages. This scared the absolute heck out of me.
On the 19th of May our good friend and roommate of many years passed away in his sleep. My mother found him when she went to wake him for dinner that night and called me to let me know she wouldn't be able to pick me up from work due to having to stay with the police and paramedics. He was in his late sixties with congestive heart failure and a pacemaker. His heart finally just gave out on him, he went peacefully in his sleep. And what a large heart he had, he helped me take care of my mother and pay the bills the entire time she was fighting for her disability. This was a huge heartbreak for both of us as he had become like family during the years we were together.
The very next day after he passed away, our car (which I thought was fully paid off) was repossessed before I could make it into work. It turns out that my mother has been getting scammed out of her disability checks for some time now. It was so bad she took out title loans on our only car to pay these scammers for what she thought was a large loan. She's had a history of falling for scams in the past and I truly thought I had educated her enough to not fall for them anymore. I scraped up everything I could to get the car back, got an advance on my paycheck for hours I'd already worked, and borrowed $200 from a friend to cover the rest. When I got there with the agreed upon amount to get the car back, they said it would be 30% more than they originally told me because she had missed the first payment. After breaking down crying in the lobby dealing with the manager she finally let us have the car back for the original amount and to make up the payment at the beginning of the next month.
At this point I think we'll be in the clear, it will be tight for a while but we can make it and get the car paid back off. I couldn't have been more wrong. I blew everything I had and then some just to get it back, and my mother was supposed to cover the next payment and the rent with her disability when it came in. She got a cashiers check for the rent, and when she went to pay the car payment she was declined. She had taken out loans online for these scammers and the payment had hit her account and taken everything else. I once again scraped up everything I had, got another advance on my next paycheck, and borrowed 200 dollars from my close friend who is more like a brother to me. We went in and made the payment and once again I thought "This has been tough, but you're going to get through it somehow".
Once again, I couldn't have been more wrong. I was going to go with my mother to the social security office today to see about being put in charge of her finances. As we had to close her bank account due to the fraud that she had been a victim of and they refused to open another one for her, with good reason though. Before we could do that we got a call from our landlord informing us that we were two months behind on the rent, and would be facing eviction if we could not pay it by 5pm today. Our deceased roommate was the one who had been physically paying the rent, and he did not tell us that we were a month behind. After thoroughly freaking the heck out for a minute I realized she said two months behind, and I knew for a fact my mother had dropped a cashiers check through the slot on their office door for our rent this month days before. We drove up there and had them confirm that the payment was there and had just not been logged yet.
After getting back in touch with our landlord and confirming that we have indeed paid the rent, she agreed to think about working with us on the current rent owed. Considering what we paid this month only covers the back due rent that we had no idea we owed as our deceased roommate had never informed us that we were behind on the rent. I've already taken an advance on my check to cover the car payment this month, and what will be left of it will barely be enough, if it all, to cover our power and cable bills. I honestly have no idea how I'm going to come up with an extra $650 to cover the rent we owe in time. She can still absolutely decide to evict us right now anyway. This is the reason I've decided to start a gofundme page.
I've never once begged strangers on the internet for money, but I can't think of any other way to come up with an extra $650 to cover our rent. I have no family to reach out to for help, and the only friend I have that could possibly help me has already lent me 200 dollars which I used to make the car payment yesterday. I've been picking up all the hours I can, and searching for a better job but even If I found one today I could not make up the difference in time. I desperately need help to cover our rent and get our heads back above water. Please if you can, share my gofundme page or donate. Heck, do both if you can, I would appreciate it greatly. I really hate that it's come to this but I can't think of another way to come up with the funds in time. Thank you very much for reading this, I appreciate it very much.
Now, for my current situation. My mother passed out on me before I was to go into work on the 11th of May. When I woke her up she said she was freezing (It was not cold in the house at all) and tired and her heart was racing. When I took her to the hospital we found out that her heart rate was very high and irregular. She ended up staying in the hospital for a few days, Mothers Day being one of them. They said the chances that she would leave without a pacemaker were very low. They believed she had some sort of blockage but nothing was found during the cardiac catheterization. She was released after this procedure with a heart monitor because they could not figure out what caused it and didn't find any blockages. This scared the absolute heck out of me.
On the 19th of May our good friend and roommate of many years passed away in his sleep. My mother found him when she went to wake him for dinner that night and called me to let me know she wouldn't be able to pick me up from work due to having to stay with the police and paramedics. He was in his late sixties with congestive heart failure and a pacemaker. His heart finally just gave out on him, he went peacefully in his sleep. And what a large heart he had, he helped me take care of my mother and pay the bills the entire time she was fighting for her disability. This was a huge heartbreak for both of us as he had become like family during the years we were together.
The very next day after he passed away, our car (which I thought was fully paid off) was repossessed before I could make it into work. It turns out that my mother has been getting scammed out of her disability checks for some time now. It was so bad she took out title loans on our only car to pay these scammers for what she thought was a large loan. She's had a history of falling for scams in the past and I truly thought I had educated her enough to not fall for them anymore. I scraped up everything I could to get the car back, got an advance on my paycheck for hours I'd already worked, and borrowed $200 from a friend to cover the rest. When I got there with the agreed upon amount to get the car back, they said it would be 30% more than they originally told me because she had missed the first payment. After breaking down crying in the lobby dealing with the manager she finally let us have the car back for the original amount and to make up the payment at the beginning of the next month.
At this point I think we'll be in the clear, it will be tight for a while but we can make it and get the car paid back off. I couldn't have been more wrong. I blew everything I had and then some just to get it back, and my mother was supposed to cover the next payment and the rent with her disability when it came in. She got a cashiers check for the rent, and when she went to pay the car payment she was declined. She had taken out loans online for these scammers and the payment had hit her account and taken everything else. I once again scraped up everything I had, got another advance on my next paycheck, and borrowed 200 dollars from my close friend who is more like a brother to me. We went in and made the payment and once again I thought "This has been tough, but you're going to get through it somehow".
Once again, I couldn't have been more wrong. I was going to go with my mother to the social security office today to see about being put in charge of her finances. As we had to close her bank account due to the fraud that she had been a victim of and they refused to open another one for her, with good reason though. Before we could do that we got a call from our landlord informing us that we were two months behind on the rent, and would be facing eviction if we could not pay it by 5pm today. Our deceased roommate was the one who had been physically paying the rent, and he did not tell us that we were a month behind. After thoroughly freaking the heck out for a minute I realized she said two months behind, and I knew for a fact my mother had dropped a cashiers check through the slot on their office door for our rent this month days before. We drove up there and had them confirm that the payment was there and had just not been logged yet.
After getting back in touch with our landlord and confirming that we have indeed paid the rent, she agreed to think about working with us on the current rent owed. Considering what we paid this month only covers the back due rent that we had no idea we owed as our deceased roommate had never informed us that we were behind on the rent. I've already taken an advance on my check to cover the car payment this month, and what will be left of it will barely be enough, if it all, to cover our power and cable bills. I honestly have no idea how I'm going to come up with an extra $650 to cover the rent we owe in time. She can still absolutely decide to evict us right now anyway. This is the reason I've decided to start a gofundme page.
I've never once begged strangers on the internet for money, but I can't think of any other way to come up with an extra $650 to cover our rent. I have no family to reach out to for help, and the only friend I have that could possibly help me has already lent me 200 dollars which I used to make the car payment yesterday. I've been picking up all the hours I can, and searching for a better job but even If I found one today I could not make up the difference in time. I desperately need help to cover our rent and get our heads back above water. Please if you can, share my gofundme page or donate. Heck, do both if you can, I would appreciate it greatly. I really hate that it's come to this but I can't think of another way to come up with the funds in time. Thank you very much for reading this, I appreciate it very much.
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Mark Worrell
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Aiken, SC
