Mike's Hospice care provided by Family

Hi, my name is Tiffany and as many of my family and friends are aware my dad is coming home on hospice but for those who do not here is my story. The last couple weeks has been a rollercoaster ride to say the least....My dad... he IS a strong man....we have been back and forth with wheather or not he can start chemo, unexpected emergency room visits through the night, unexpected hospital admissions and then finally the plan was last Friday we start the fight.... however his WBC high rocketed and pneumonia set in and with all the heaviest of antibiotics the pneumonia and cancer together in the lungs are making it really difficult and chemo is no longer an option....I pray for peace and comfort as we transition into the next steps of this journey and start hospice care.  So, my dad will come home and we will provide the best care and the best company/setting for him to LIVE in for the time we are lucky enough to have him here.  All he keeps saying is he wants to see his granddaughters and be home so that's what WE MAKE HAPPEN.  The plan is to care for my dad in home with care provided by family 24 hours a day, we will be working with a hospice agencgy continually to make sure we can provide what he needs. Of course as a full time employee myself, I will be working on a Family medical leave of absence which will be unpaid as I take more hours away from work. I am using this go fund me as an alternative to funds for myself so that I can focus on caring for my dad and to compensate if possible those that will help with care.

Cancer is such a horrific diagnosis and everyone's journey is different. 3 weeks ago my dad went to the ER for a headache and stomach pain and by the end of this week he will be hospice care.  You don't even have time to process the diagnosis before it takes over sometimes.  Through the last couple weeks I kept telling myself cherish the time you are being given, soak his love all up, say I love you, hear him say I love you and although all is true I am seeing my greatness happiness in this whole crazy situation is the smiles he has had on his face when he hears people are doing things for him, people are pulling together to make his space special when he gets home, the love I can see he feels when people are calling him or visiting him and the smiles when he hears the girls voices over the phone when I visit.  This last step of his journey I truly feel is helping him be at peace and bringing him comfort with knowing he is loved, feeling loved and seeing how much people care and will go above and beyond for his needs. ❤️

Thank you for considering to donate to help provide him with the best continued family care possible because NO ONE WILL CARE FOR MY DAD LIKE I WILL.

Thank you