Eric Jarvis

Description: My mother’s world changed forever when she lost her husband—my father—on December 26th, 2025, to kidney disease and sudden septic shock. The loss was devastating and came without warning, leaving us both in shock and struggling to cope. As if the grief wasn’t enough, the hospital bills alone have become overwhelming as their life savings was already depleted due to medical bills before his passing, and now the hospital is demanding more payment. As I mentioned the money she paid for medical bills before his passing alone was enough to drain any savings so she was already struggling before any of this. My mother also lost the support of my father’s SSI, but she has now been switched to his SSI benefit which is only a couple hundred dollars more per month. She’s not in good health herself. She battles diabetes, glaucoma, and hypertension, and the stress of this situation is taking a heavy toll on her already fragile health. We are now facing the very real threat of losing her home. If she cannot retain counsel or come up with payments for over $150k in medical bills before May then it is almost absolute that she will. The mortgage, which is approaching 2 months past due. The cost of food, everyday expenses, and her essential medications are more than we can manage. Insurance doesn’t cover everything. And her car—her only way to get to doctor appointments—needs repairs that we simply can’t afford. The car is a total loss anyway because the costs to repair it are more than triple what the car is worth! Since my father’s passing, there’s hardly any food in the house, and the debt just keeps piling up. I am her only son, and I spend my days caring for her and trying to comfort her through this loss, but it’s overwhelming. We couldn’t even afford a proper funeral so a cremation with memorial was all we could do, and that is yet another debt owed to the funeral director because he allowed my mother and I to put a small down payment on a $5,500 charge. That small down payment left us both penniless while still owing another $4,300. It would mean everything to her if she could receive support during this impossible time. At first, all funds received will be first put towards the immediate paying off of her last mortgage payments that fell behind after his passing, the cremation and memorial fee, and along the way whatever necessities such as food, utilities and transportation...And then there is a retainer fee of $8,000 she needs for her attorney to fight these people suing her for medical bills! We only pray that she makes it to these goals! Like I've said before, she has been a loving, honest, strong, generous, and as close to a perfect person as anyone can be all of her life. But neither of us were ever in a position to repay this much money, and the burden is just too much for her to bear alone. I am working as much as I can right now part time because that's all I am able to do unless my mother had another caretaker. She has been left with absolutely nothing with no way to get around and with her grieving most days it is devastating to see. So I am deeply grateful to anyone who can help lighten this load and give my mother a chance to heal and keep her home that she has lived in since 2009, and that she specifically stated that she wants to keep until she passes herself. Thank you for your kindness and support.