Asking for lots of prayer & support helping my father & me.

Hi Everyone, I’m Lisa. My beloved father, Billy, had a stroke on November 15th. He has lived in Puerto Rico for many years now. I traveled here on November 29th by myself. It’s been challenging as I do not speak Spanish. Filling out paperwork and trying to understand and communicate with everybody has been stressful, frustrating, and beyond difficult for me.

Things are very different here, and I can’t believe my father has been here for weeks, suffering in the horrible and poor conditions of the hospital he was brought to. My father has been nonverbal since his stroke. He's not the same. It's so hard to see him like this. It’s so bad here he was given food and drinks, but if nobody were there, he would not eat because he could not feed himself or give himself liquids. At one point, they had his hands tied to a bed and would drop off his food. He was lying in his pee and feces for days. He has lost an extreme amount of weight, almost unrecognizable. I got him moved to a different hospital. I am trying to get him strong enough to bring him back to San Diego, California, with me, where I’ll be taking care of him. I am also looking into a rehab physical therapy center that could help care for him for a few weeks till I can get things in order.

I just started a new job a few weeks ago, and my boss was so friendly and understanding to let me be with my father, but I need to get back to work in the next few days. 100% I could not leave my father here; he needs to be with family and in the care of a team of doctors and speech therapists to get him strong and healthy and back to being the dad I know is there. This has burdened my finances as I’m doing everything alone, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. He’s my father, and I love him dearly, and I want him to feel safe and know he is taken care of. All he wants to do is hold my hand all day. I know he knows I’m here to help and save him, and I would never leave him here alone. I know this is temporary, and he will recover, even though it won’t be fully recovered. I know he’s got the fight to become strong again, and I want to give him the best quality of life. I don’t have the best living situation for us, but I plan on moving into a bigger house to make that happen so everybody is comfortable.

I need to buy everything from diapers, a wheelchair, a walker, furniture, a bed, medication’s insulin handicap, friendly equipment and many other things to accommodate him living with me. Most importantly, I will be traveling with him alone, and I need to buy plane tickets to fly to multiple states to make this trip to get back to San Diego and fly with him for a few hours at a time. I don’t want to stress him out since I’m doing this alone. I’m completely physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. I want to get home. I don’t want to spend another day here in Puerto Rico.

Any help would be much appreciated. My heart is already whole. My dad will be safe and in my care, I’m here to take care of him. God bless you all. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.♥️Lisa!