Please help with the loss of Eduardo Nava

Hello, my name is Elizabeth Neuman. I am creating this page to help my mother pay for my father's medical and funeral expenses.

 

We need, and are asking for, your help. My mother does not work and without my father’s income, our family will have a very difficult time covering his medical and funeral costs. If you are able to contribute in any way, we would be eternally grateful for your help.

On the night of my son’s 1st birthday my father, Eduardo Nava, had a hemorrhagic stroke. My father was just 59 years old. The bleeding that started in the basal ganglia spread down to his midbrain and into the right side of his brainstem. At the hospital, the doctors told us that whatever damage was done from the stroke would be permanent and advised us to give him time to come out of his coma. 

 

The doctors believe that if he were to wake up, he wouldn’t be the same and there would be little to no chance that he would be independent. He would need around-the-clock care and most likely have to be in a nursing home. In the past, my father expressed that should anything happen to him, he did not want a life where he is bedridden or paralyzed and to “let him go”.

For the last 14 days I have watched my Papi fight to come back to us. Every day he would do something new to let us now he was still there. He nodded his head when we asked if he was listening and he would squeeze our hand when we talked to him. We had faith and hope that he was going to be ok. My mother and I deeply considered whether to give him more time to heal or to let him go. In the end, we decided to let it be his choice.

When I knew he was awake, I said to him that we would honor whatever he wanted to do - that if he wanted to continue fighting and come back to us, we would support him and be with him every step of the way. But, if he wanted to go we would respect his wishes… and after saying this he squeezed my hand as to say ‘let me go’.

 

His health is now declining and he can no longer breathe on his own. He is not responding to us like he use to and we can feel him slipping away. So, it is with a heavy heart, that we will honor his wishes and let him go this Sunday, November 7.

I believe that my father was supposed to leave us the night of my son’s birthday but he chose to stay so we could say our goodbyes. My father has always been selfless and kind like that. 

 

If you could find it in your heart to donate, share or repost this page to help us get through this, we would appreciate it.

All the funds collected will go to paying for my father's funeral and medical expenses. We want to thank you all in advance and kindly ask you to please keep our family in your prayers.