Help Lopez Family with funeral funding for grandpa
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My name is Michael Lopez (@michaelanqelo insta) and you see in the beginning of January our grandfather, in mexico, was diagnosed with SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19). His name was Malaquias Lopez, and throughout the whole process of trying to fight this virus my siblings and I did our best to pull as much money as we could to be able to get my grandfather the help he needed. We didn’t want doctors to take him to the hospital, as you know once they go in you’re never allowed to see them until they either fight it and get better or… you know.
*****SPANISH:
Mi nombre es Michael Lopez, y pues bueno mi abuelito Malaquías Lopez, el padre de mi padre, falleció en el Miercoles, 10th de este mes, por el virus COVID (coronavirus). Desde de principio de todo del proceso cuando mi abuelito si estaba vivo, luchando, mis hermanos y padres y yo estábamos haciendo todo lo que pudimos hacer para ayudarlo. No queríamos que se no los vienen al hospital, porque lo que siempre pasa en esos casos, los meten y después nunca los ves hasta que estén bien.. y si no pueden lucha, se cedan solo sin familia en el hospital. Mi abuelito no quería quedarse solo.
He was the only person left from my father side, my father couldn’t be there for his mother in 2005, and we couldn’t let it happen again. And as much as we did to be able to help grandpa, we need more help now. We reached out my grandfathers other family members but not much help was given, no support was shown, it hurt my dad to see how little they cared... My brothers and I did the best we could to support him and with my father struggling with work during this pandemic, anything would help us, him, anything at all, anything to able to give this man of ours the proper goodbye, we don’t want him to be just another number, we don’t want him to be another covid case number on a list on some news report, because he’s more than that, and he deserves more than that, He’s the foundation of our family. It left my father and mother and my siblings and the few people in Mexico who loved my grandfather to put out of pocket and scrape all we could get, it left us to be the ones to give him every help he needed.
******SPANISH:
Malaquias era el único de la familia de mi papa que tenia, y no queríamos que lo perdiera. Hicimos todo de lo que pudimos hacer, y ahora les pido si ustedes nos puedan ayudar mas. En el momento que mi abuelito se enfermo en el primer día, de los 20 dias, nosotros tratábamos de pedir ayuda a los primos y el otro hijo de mi abuelito, pero no recibimos la ayuda, ni mucho apoyo en todo el proceso, en poner para pagar por todo de lo que el abuelito necesitaba. Y eso le rompió el corazón a mi padre, lo dejo muy triste. Le queremos dar mi abuelito un funeral memorable, no queremos que se nos cede por ahi a un lado como todos los que mueren por este virus. Si es que nos puedan apoya en este momento, especialmente a mi padre que esta sufriendo mucho. Que dios los bendiga.
Si puedan or quieran hacer unas donaciones, haga clic en el botón que dice DONATE en esta pagina.
And it seemed everything was working, as of two days ago on Monday, February 1st, he felt better, he spoke, he ate, he walked, he had his strength back, and we were hopeful. And then the bills started piling up, the doctor couldn’t keep coming in and taking care of him unless it was paid, his air tanks that helped him breathe had to be refilled every 3 days, and that piled on even more, and then the medications and the equipment and gear we needed for Miriam, and Urbano, two of our family members there in Mexico who took the responsibility to take care of him, because we didn’t want them to get sick either, they were doing Gods work in helping my grandfather. But my grandfather couldn’t fight it anymore.
On Tuesday night his medicine was given, it was given every 30 minutes for 20 days, but he didn’t want it anymore, he was at the age of 84 and he just couldn’t take the medicine anymore, he was exhausted. But we encouraged him. But he was just tired, and said he wanted to just rest and sleep, that all he needed was a good nights rest.. and Wednesday morning came, and he never woke up. He was left in a coma, he didn’t move, didn’t respond, nothing.. he was only still alive by the air tank attached to him. And so we didn’t force anything, we wanted him to rest and go home with our grandmother in peace and at his own pace.
And now we want to give him the proper goodbye, but like I had mentioned. We reached out to family members, our grandfathers other son and their kids but no one wanted to help us. He blamed our grandfather for his own death, said he shouldn’t have gone outside. So now we’re here, doing our best to give him a decent funeral. If any of you could help in any sort of way, it would fill my dads heart with so much joy.
*****SPANISH:
Mi nombre es Michael Lopez, y pues bueno mi abuelito Malaquías Lopez, el padre de mi padre, falleció en el Miercoles, 10th de este mes, por el virus COVID (coronavirus). Desde de principio de todo del proceso cuando mi abuelito si estaba vivo, luchando, mis hermanos y padres y yo estábamos haciendo todo lo que pudimos hacer para ayudarlo. No queríamos que se no los vienen al hospital, porque lo que siempre pasa en esos casos, los meten y después nunca los ves hasta que estén bien.. y si no pueden lucha, se cedan solo sin familia en el hospital. Mi abuelito no quería quedarse solo.
He was the only person left from my father side, my father couldn’t be there for his mother in 2005, and we couldn’t let it happen again. And as much as we did to be able to help grandpa, we need more help now. We reached out my grandfathers other family members but not much help was given, no support was shown, it hurt my dad to see how little they cared... My brothers and I did the best we could to support him and with my father struggling with work during this pandemic, anything would help us, him, anything at all, anything to able to give this man of ours the proper goodbye, we don’t want him to be just another number, we don’t want him to be another covid case number on a list on some news report, because he’s more than that, and he deserves more than that, He’s the foundation of our family. It left my father and mother and my siblings and the few people in Mexico who loved my grandfather to put out of pocket and scrape all we could get, it left us to be the ones to give him every help he needed.
******SPANISH:
Malaquias era el único de la familia de mi papa que tenia, y no queríamos que lo perdiera. Hicimos todo de lo que pudimos hacer, y ahora les pido si ustedes nos puedan ayudar mas. En el momento que mi abuelito se enfermo en el primer día, de los 20 dias, nosotros tratábamos de pedir ayuda a los primos y el otro hijo de mi abuelito, pero no recibimos la ayuda, ni mucho apoyo en todo el proceso, en poner para pagar por todo de lo que el abuelito necesitaba. Y eso le rompió el corazón a mi padre, lo dejo muy triste. Le queremos dar mi abuelito un funeral memorable, no queremos que se nos cede por ahi a un lado como todos los que mueren por este virus. Si es que nos puedan apoya en este momento, especialmente a mi padre que esta sufriendo mucho. Que dios los bendiga.
Si puedan or quieran hacer unas donaciones, haga clic en el botón que dice DONATE en esta pagina.
And it seemed everything was working, as of two days ago on Monday, February 1st, he felt better, he spoke, he ate, he walked, he had his strength back, and we were hopeful. And then the bills started piling up, the doctor couldn’t keep coming in and taking care of him unless it was paid, his air tanks that helped him breathe had to be refilled every 3 days, and that piled on even more, and then the medications and the equipment and gear we needed for Miriam, and Urbano, two of our family members there in Mexico who took the responsibility to take care of him, because we didn’t want them to get sick either, they were doing Gods work in helping my grandfather. But my grandfather couldn’t fight it anymore.
On Tuesday night his medicine was given, it was given every 30 minutes for 20 days, but he didn’t want it anymore, he was at the age of 84 and he just couldn’t take the medicine anymore, he was exhausted. But we encouraged him. But he was just tired, and said he wanted to just rest and sleep, that all he needed was a good nights rest.. and Wednesday morning came, and he never woke up. He was left in a coma, he didn’t move, didn’t respond, nothing.. he was only still alive by the air tank attached to him. And so we didn’t force anything, we wanted him to rest and go home with our grandmother in peace and at his own pace.
And now we want to give him the proper goodbye, but like I had mentioned. We reached out to family members, our grandfathers other son and their kids but no one wanted to help us. He blamed our grandfather for his own death, said he shouldn’t have gone outside. So now we’re here, doing our best to give him a decent funeral. If any of you could help in any sort of way, it would fill my dads heart with so much joy.
Organizer
Michael Angelo Lopez Castillo
Organizer
Corona, NY