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Please help Mom meet Mickey Mouse!

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Hi gang.

It's very difficult for me to put this together because i had planned to do it on my own, but in the likelyhood of missing the oppurtunity due to my mom's health spurred by this latest bout with pneumonia, I decided to swallow my pride in favor of her.

This is my Mom, Nita.

She has been fighting an agressive, debilitating case of C.O.P.D. as well as 2 other nasty lung diseases.  That with her diabetes and Eustachian tube dysfunction (a dysfuntion which effects her balance and makes walking on her own almost impossible without a walker),
she has lost all of her independence and ability to do things she used to love.

Even her talent and joy of baking cakes, which she used to do so wonderfully,  has become too difficult without becoming too winded and having difficulty breathing and falling over.

Depression has set in terribly and more and more there is little we can do to keep her fighting.

But before i go on, let's back up a bit...

If you know my mom, you would know that her biggest dreams since she was a little girl is to go to Disney World.  Growing up through the mid 60's, she and her 4 brothers and sisters would gather around on Sunday nights while my Grandparents were out bowling, get to have Ice Cream and watch The Wonderful world of Disney.

When i asked her how special these times were to her and why Disney is so important to her... she said that " It was the only time in a family with 5 kids that there would be no screaming or fighting, and we just sat there captivated by all the magic they brought to you.  Uncle Walt's demeaner made you want to make sure you did your homework and were a good as you could be. Plus watching them talk about all the wonders being built in the park made it seem so magical and wonderful."

As she got older and had 3 kids of her own, Walt Disney was still a big part of our lives, in fact the first movie i ever saw in the theater was The Jungle Book. She collected stuffed animals and would draw pictures of characters for us. Even took an extra job working at the Disney store in the mall. " I would come home for work and my face would hurt from smiling so much!" she recently told me...

Always one to battle severe depression, something i did not know until a recent conversation which really kind of made me sad, was that she would often go there on her days off, just to play with kids in the store, in desperation to lighten her grim mood. "If i walked in there and didn't feel any better, I knew i was in trouble."

She has still to this day never gotten to go and meet Mickey Mouse,  When we were kids and she was going through a divorce, we all got to go with our Dad's family and of course she stayed behind.

I recently discovered that once she even recieved free tickets to the parks as a gift from the store, but gave them to another family to go because while being a single mother at the time she just didn't have the money to make the trip down to the park , which really hurts my heart.

So now with her declining health and frequent health scares, everytime she gets pneumonia or is rushed to the emergency room because her oxygen level is almost non-existant, and her blood pressure has dropped to near death, i worry will this be the time we lose her and she wouldn't have ever got to have her wish upon a star come true. She's already lost so much. Her hobbies, her independence, and ultimately her will seems next.

So I am putting my pride on hold, and asking for help to get her there and giving here the time of her life she has never ever had a chance to have before it is too late and she has become too sick to enjoy or remember.

As I said before, i had planned to try and do this all by myself, but there are many factors I did not consider beyond just putting here in the car and driving her there myself, such as assistance in the ladies room, dietary needs and the use of motorized wheelchair or scooter in the park. 

My girlfriend Karina, who works as a trained medical assistant has cleared time to go with and help her when and if we go.  We want to give her the most magical experience the 8 year old princess inside her could ever dream of.

I love my mom. I really want to see her happy again and looking forward to something.

So that's it in a nutshell....I really hate to ask but...for her sake, I have to. The plan would be to take her in September. The heat won't be as bad on her and it's closer to her 61st birthday in Oct.
I believe we need to book it towards the end of July.  Any tips on deals or any discounts you know or hear of, please message me!

If you can help in any way..no matter how big or small, even just sharing this out  is amazing, cuz every bit helps, and i thank you all so much.  If not, i totally understand, and I thank you for your time just for reading her story. 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Craig VanSplunter
    • $50 
    • 6 yrs
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Rick Reed
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Wyoming, MI

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