Help Steve with medical exp. And funeral costs
Typically I am a very proud man. I have worked my entire life to obtain everything I have. I have never asked anyone for financial assistance in any form except for my father whom I asked to help me with my large deductible and out of pocket medical expenses for last year, and he did. I'm usually the guy that would give you my last dollar or the shirt off my back. All that aside, I am currently battling stage 4 terminal cancer with little to no chance of survival ( barring a miracle from God) and have incurred medical bills that I cannot overcome at this point. I worked for 24 years for the same mechanical contractor in the GBO/WS area. My wife and I moved to the ILM area in Sept of 2013. I was a superintendent for the best mechanical contractor in the Wilmington area for 7 1/2 years. In Sept. of 2020 I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer which had metastasized to my L3 spine and lymph nodes. My tumor, once found, was the size of a jumbo egg. I immediately started chemotherapy with several drug infusions including (2) that contained the heavy metal platinum. I continued to work all I could. That's where the best mechanical contractor I could have ever worked for comes in. They have bent over backwards and every other direction to accommodate me throughout all of this. The chemo gave me neuropathy so bad, there were days I could not even walk due to the feeling of walking on rocks and needles. Through all of this I continued to work, not just because I needed to, but because I loved my job and the people for whom I worked. In April it was discovered the tumor had shrunk by 1/2 or more. Spinal radiation had eradicated the spinal cancer. The next scan I had showed a new growth of cancer that was and still is intertwined with the vessel's to and from my heart. It is a very aggressive cancer that continues to grow at a rapid pace shutting down blood/oxygen flow to my body. With all this said, I am in a good place with my Lord and savior Jesus Christ. I know God has a plan for everyone and I don't question that, not once. His plan was put into place long before I ever walked the face of this earth. I am currently out of work because I felt I could not contribute at a beneficial rate to justify just staying on and drawing a check. That's not who I am. So, now I'm on a five month wait to begin to draw the disability check our kind government had decided I am eligible to receive. So, I am now unemployed with no income until I can begin drawing said disability check. Even that will be just over half of what I made working. Everything I have financially is either being used to pay medical bills that are well over 120 days past due or repairing/ bringing up to quality standards items in my home that I feel need to be completed to ensure my wife doesnt incur any unnecessary expenses as she goes through the grieving and healing process after my passing. Last weekend we had a A/C unit in our attic overflow, flooding portions of our downstairs bath closet, laundry room walls, her clothing closet, and what is still to be determined. Insurance company has already made their initial assessment and Servpro has also made a preliminary assessment. That will be covered by insurance with a fairly high out-of pocket deductible. At this point we have made it through with our faith in Jesus Christ. He tells us that he will provide for our every need and I trust that he will. But, that doesn't mean I won't ask for some help as well. That's why I am asking for $1 if you feel the need to donate. And please, please, please only send $1. The Lord has assured me he will meet all my needs just as he fed the five thousand from five loaves of bread and 2 fishes. Matthew chap. 14, v. 13-21. At 56 years of age as of this past April, I likely will not see a new year come in for 2022. If I could get $1 from anyone that is willing to donate, I feel the Lord will provide the dollar amount necessary to replace the A/C units that are in excess of the life expectancy of the units, help with insurance deductibles that are well past due, and leave my wife in a place where she doesn't have to worry about problems that arise. And, if they do, I'm sure she will lay them at God's feet and let God show her the solution. Any money that surpasses absolutely necessary funding would be donated to the wonderful people at Lower Cape Fear Life Care as they have been an absolutely amazing not for profit organization in their handling of my hospice care thus far. As I said earlier, I was a very proud man and have worked a lifetime to get to this point, but God has shown me that pride is a secular thing and that to humble oneself is the Godly thing to do. James 4:6 says "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble". I praise my Lord Every day he allows me to open my eyes another day to be able to see my wife, family, and friends and achieve the projects I'm attempting to complete to help in her future as she will continue to grieve. My mom passed in 2016 from cancer and was ready to meet God from the first day she heard the word CANCER. I too, am ready to walk the streets of gold and fellowship with a world full of Godly people. My mom always said, every time I saw her throughout her battle, "The best is yet to come". Now she is experiencing the very best. If she was still here on earth, there would be no need for this request, but with her passing, this is the only way I feel I can leave my wife behind without the burden of tens of thousands of dollars in expenses. If the Lord leads you to make a $1 contribution, it will be used in whatever way the Lord leads us and it will be so appreciated. If you can't make a donation, please say a prayer for my wife, my family, and me. I am only asking for $1 because I trust God will provide the necessary funding for repairs, medical bills, and funeral expenses through those $1 donations that I am requesting. I thank each and every one of you who have taken time from their busy schedule to read this post and I pray that God will bless you in all that you set forth to accomplish in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.