Support a Family in Their Time of Need

I don't like to ask for help. However, I feel helpless in this situation, so I'm putting my pride aside for my kids. Last night, November 27th, my husband Andrew Potter passed away, and this was sudden. We didn't have any warning, no way to prepare for this.

A little back story. My husband wasn't able to work, so he stayed home with our 2-year-old daughter, who you see in the picture with him, and also drove our 15-year-old son to and from school while I worked. However, on Oct 31st, I was fired from my job. I just recently was offered a job and was scheduled to start Monday, Dec. 2nd. However, my husband got really sick really fast, and finally, I was able to get him to go to the emergency room on Monday, the 25th, for what we thought would be maybe a few nights' stay. But once getting results back, it was worse than either of us could imagine, and he was being transferred to another hospital to their critical care unit. He wasn't even there for 24 hours before he got worse and was on life support in the ICU. That's when we learned his liver and kidney had already failed, and his small intestines had collapsed, causing a blockage. Then he was transferred to the medical ICU, where we were told he is dying and there is nothing that can be done. We did get his sodium levels up on his last day, which is what the doctors had been trying to do so we could try dialysis. However, his BP was so low the doctor didn't want to do it, but after speaking with the kidney doctor, he granted me my wish to at least try dialysis so I could know I didn't let Andrew down and that I did everything in my power to save him. But he still passed.

So that is what brings me here. I don't have the funds to pay for a funeral, a mortgage so I don't lose the house my husband got for our family, car payment, lights and water bill along with food for us 3, and now having to add the new expense of paying for daycare for our 2-year-old. I also am not able to start my new job on Monday and hope they understand and give me time to handle all this.

This is now a new stressful journey for me, learning how to be a 39-year-old widow who is the only provider for my family from now on, on top of all this being around the holidays.

I understand if you're not able to help, but if anyone could help with as much as possible, that would be greatly appreciated, and all funds will go towards Andrew's funeral and cremation so I can bring him home, and any remaining would go to help support daycare for our daughter and other living expenses.

Thank you for taking the time to read and helping if you can.