
Help my mother with hospital bills
I'll try to keep this short, as I know the attention span of many people isn't long these days, including mine. It's not a super short story, however I will do my best.
I never enjoy asking for anything, especially money, but this isn't for me. This is for my mother. For the 26 years I have been alive she's given up everything possible and asked nothing in return. To say selfless would be an understatement.
We weren't rich growing up, but after a while, we were fine and steady and had a decent house after she married my Step Father, Dennis. Things weren't too bad and my mother STILL refused to ever buy or do anything for herself if it meant a lack of funds or support for my brother or myself, we were always taken care of.
Things got shaky when the company my step father worked for had to shut down and lay off all of it's employees. The younger employees had no problem jumping to a new job as they could adapt to the newer technology, my step dad however... he struggled and was forced to retire early. This is a man who would wake up and go to work at 6 or 7 am for his entire life, working over time and never complaining (well, almost never) because it was what he needed to do to. He became my second father.
So, as my brother was almost done with college (hes still going) and I was moved out, things were so close to changing for my mother and step father, but early retirement put funds on a tight budget, still, my mother never complained or failed to make sure my brother and I were okay. Then in January of this year, my step father collapsed to the floor out of the blue and when taken to the hospital, it was discovered that he needed quadruple bypass heart surgery. He was in the hospital a few weeks, my mom at his side sometimes 24/7. It was the scariest time imaginable for everyone involved.
After he arrived home, he continued on with treatments to help him get better blood pressure, start walking again, etc...
Things seemed okay, but troubles arose with my mom's mother and her time at hospitals quickly returned... bringing her to treatments, bringing her groceries... it was enough to bring her to tears as she talked to me on the phone about how things will never stop... it hit me deep...
As things with my grandmother got worse, Dennis was at home and recovering... and he was even driving to the store on his own until this month (april) when he gasped for air and collapsed on the floor. His heart stopped and he was not breathing until EMT's showed up. He's now back in the hospital and the extent of damage due to the lack of oxygen is unknown... he had to be put in an induced coma and will hopefully regain all function when he wakes up fully, but it's going to be a scary journey. I watched him awake, struggling to breathe through the respirator, and though he was awake, it was like he wasn't with us mentally. It was the worst thing I have ever seen and seeing my mother go through it all again, after trying to pay down the first hospital visits... It's just too much. I have hardly anything to give, but maybe the internet is finally the place to turn for some help.
My mother has no idea this is being put up, and I will be hiding it from her. DO NOT tell my mother, because she's the type to tell me to take it down and refuse it, but if this is a success, I want her to know it's okay to take help from others. She donates to all these companies for starving kids every month, but can barely take any money from me without trying to give it back the next day... She deserves help, and so does Dennis. They are amazing parents and they have been through so much. My mom won't admit it, but she's gonna need help, it's not fair for her to tackle this alone and I can't help her enough on my own...
So please... help me give the world's greatest mother the world's greatest mother's day.
It's been a while since I have seen her truly happy.