Sergio Rodriguez

My name is Sergio, and I’m reaching out because my family and I are facing a difficult time. We were recently evicted from our home after our landlord decided to build a duplex and refused to work with us or come to any agreement. We had to leave very quickly, and it’s been incredibly hard on all of us. Right now, I’m staying with my grandmother, but I can only be here for a month. I’m on dialysis, and I’m worried that I’ll have to leave again soon. The hardest part is that my family had to split up, and our dogs are outside in a fenced area, struggling in the cold—two of them are very old and need extra care. The funds from this fundraiser will help us move into our own house, bring my family back together, and make sure our dogs are safe and warm. Your support will help us avoid homelessness and give us a chance to rebuild our lives. I try to live by the words of 1 Peter 4:8: 'Love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.' It would be a blessing and mean so much if you could help us get our home and family back. Thank you for any support you can give—every bit truly makes a difference.

Hey Folks my name is Sergio I know you don't know me yet,but i would love to talk to yall if I could ill try and keep it short.so I'll start with my age im 27 my birthday is in February I was born in 98 and on the day of my birth I was born with a rare disease called nephrotic syndrome FSGS for short that only 7 out of one million people are diagnosed with.If you want more info you can look it up on Google or visit my link on YouTube im going to try to create hopefully https://www.youtube.com/@FSGSAwareness.But I've been doing this since about one years old,one day my mom noticed edema on all parts of my body along with very horrible back pain,so she took me to my pediatrician michael Hudson at diagnostic clinic.There he told her to take me to the ER something is going on with my kidneys,so we did from there they rushed me to children's medical center in Dallas where a Doctor Raymond quigly diagnosed me with FSGS.Where he took care of me for years I recovered until about eleven years old,When my kidneys went into failure I did dialysis three times a week for three years.Untill my prayers were answered I got a kidney from the donor list,I was so excited thanking the lord and stay strong in faith....I lived a pretty normal life for 12 years,me and my brother rented a trailer as soon as we're of age we both became certified cooks,working different kinds of food chains.I became athletic doing martial arts and also trying to be an actor ,I was trying to get back into school and open my own food chain.I was going to save up but things got harder around 2021,I started to get sick again during one of my monthly check ups I have with the nephrologist he told me that my transplanted kidney is now going into failure and I should be prepared to be on dialysis again.And that I should get home dialysis since I have a busy schedule,so I found a facility near me Davita.Where they trained me,so 2022 I started back on dialysis trying my best to shuffle between working and home PD at the same time giving my mom,her husband and my brother a ride to work.I was blessed with getting q car to get to appointments and work not having to gets rides.But since we were the only ones with a car it was hard trying to maintain everything,so me and my brother decided to rent a house along with my mom,her husband and my grandma which is affected my dementia.My mother decided to stay home to take care of me and her,I switched to part time just to have a little money during the week it got hard but I kept pushing on.My brother worked full time to help also,about four months ago though someone hit me in McDonald's entrance it all happened so fast.The car was a mess I got paid a week later and tried getting it out.But it was an arm and a leg to get it back with living cost and feeding us I didn't have the money for it from there things went down hill we got rides for a while,but its hard when you don't know very many people.And eventually people got tired of picking us up my mom's husband is working with the landlord just to make rent since I can't drive him anywhere my brother is trying to get a E bike to work locally but not very many opportunities in a small town.Plus a E bike won't get me to Dallas obviously im not one to ask for help,but this time I could really use it the funds will be use for the trip I will have to go twice.My brother wants to donate to me so the first trip is to see if we match the second would be for surgery if I can't buy a car i will rent one.i have till March to get things set up.If you don't want to help that's ok,just listening to my story helps,and being able to talk about it and get it out there....thank you everyone have a great Christmas!!!