Assist the Rosenthal Family
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In 2012, my mother, Sheri Rosenthal, collapsed in the shower. Through an MRI, doctors found a brain tumor deep inside of a ventricle, blocking lots of fluid. Months later she went through three separate brain surgeries in order to alleviate the fluid blockage this tumor was causing, but they could not remove it because of how deep in her brain it is. She now has a shunt in her head which is used to help with the symptoms caused by the tumor.
At 2 AM on December 3rd, I awoke to my dad frantically talking on the phone. I went downstairs to find my mom convulsing on the ground in her bathroom, my dad being on the phone with 911. After several hours at the hospital, doctors came to the conclusion that she had had a grand mal seizure.
My mom spent several days at the hospital, undergoing lots of testing and sleepless nights, with the doctors ultimately coming to no conclusion: it isn’t epilepsy, and it MAY be caused by the brain surgery she had years back.
For the next three months, my mom has suffered from constant seizures. They are sometimes separated by what can be up to three weeks, but she has had eight seizures in the last two months. Her neurologist has put her on medications, of which we are still waiting to figure out the effectiveness.
Because of her condition, she is prohibited to drive for the next six months, possibly more if the seizures continue, and therefore, she can not work her job as a pre school teacher. For our family, this translates to thousands of dollars in lost income, which we can not afford.
This has caused a dilemma on several fronts. The first being that my Mom not being able to work has taken her away from a place she looked forward to going to every day; she loves being around kids, and the community supports her immensely considering her issues with brain surgery in the past. This is a job that she didn’t even need to take; many people would take health issues like hers and immediately go onto disability, but she instead decided to work. She wholeheartedly intends to return when she is approved to drive again, as they love her so much that they are keeping a spot open for her.
The second, and most crippling part, is the income side of things.
Anybody who knows Robert Rosenthal knows that he is an absolute superhero. He wakes up at 4 am every day to go to his primary job, and five days a week he heads straight to his second job at a retail store. He works 16 hour days with these two jobs combined, something that isn’t, even in the slightest, easy for anyone. With weekends, this makes it so there is not a single day during the week that he has to himself. He puts his all into both jobs and anybody who knows him knows how hard of a worker he is. While working two jobs and getting little sleep can be a very frustrating thing, Robert still goes home and makes us laugh and smile endlessly.
My dad puts so much into what he does, but it comes to a point where not even a superhero can make everything happen. With my mom out of work, what we as the Rosenthal family have is essentially one person providing all of the income to the house. As a family of four, anybody knows that this just isn’t ideal. Lea and I do what we can to help out, but we have our bills too.
Friends, family, and strangers alike, we ask for your support. We hate asking for money. It isn’t in our blood. But we need support in order to make it through these next few months until my mom is back and working. We have so many expenses, ranging from car payments, utilities, and of course my mother’s medical bills, which stack up day by day by day. These bills are constant, and we need all we can possibly get as soon as possible.
To everyone who has already assisted us: you mean the world to us, and we do not ask that you give us more. But we do ask that you please share this with your friends and family.
We have no doubt that we will make it through this tremendous roadblock in our family’s life. But we can’t do it with the plate handed to us. Our family will be grateful beyond words for every cent we raise. Thank you all.
Love,
The Rosenthal Family
Robert, Sheri, Danny, Lea, and Osky.
At 2 AM on December 3rd, I awoke to my dad frantically talking on the phone. I went downstairs to find my mom convulsing on the ground in her bathroom, my dad being on the phone with 911. After several hours at the hospital, doctors came to the conclusion that she had had a grand mal seizure.
My mom spent several days at the hospital, undergoing lots of testing and sleepless nights, with the doctors ultimately coming to no conclusion: it isn’t epilepsy, and it MAY be caused by the brain surgery she had years back.
For the next three months, my mom has suffered from constant seizures. They are sometimes separated by what can be up to three weeks, but she has had eight seizures in the last two months. Her neurologist has put her on medications, of which we are still waiting to figure out the effectiveness.
Because of her condition, she is prohibited to drive for the next six months, possibly more if the seizures continue, and therefore, she can not work her job as a pre school teacher. For our family, this translates to thousands of dollars in lost income, which we can not afford.
This has caused a dilemma on several fronts. The first being that my Mom not being able to work has taken her away from a place she looked forward to going to every day; she loves being around kids, and the community supports her immensely considering her issues with brain surgery in the past. This is a job that she didn’t even need to take; many people would take health issues like hers and immediately go onto disability, but she instead decided to work. She wholeheartedly intends to return when she is approved to drive again, as they love her so much that they are keeping a spot open for her.
The second, and most crippling part, is the income side of things.
Anybody who knows Robert Rosenthal knows that he is an absolute superhero. He wakes up at 4 am every day to go to his primary job, and five days a week he heads straight to his second job at a retail store. He works 16 hour days with these two jobs combined, something that isn’t, even in the slightest, easy for anyone. With weekends, this makes it so there is not a single day during the week that he has to himself. He puts his all into both jobs and anybody who knows him knows how hard of a worker he is. While working two jobs and getting little sleep can be a very frustrating thing, Robert still goes home and makes us laugh and smile endlessly.
My dad puts so much into what he does, but it comes to a point where not even a superhero can make everything happen. With my mom out of work, what we as the Rosenthal family have is essentially one person providing all of the income to the house. As a family of four, anybody knows that this just isn’t ideal. Lea and I do what we can to help out, but we have our bills too.
Friends, family, and strangers alike, we ask for your support. We hate asking for money. It isn’t in our blood. But we need support in order to make it through these next few months until my mom is back and working. We have so many expenses, ranging from car payments, utilities, and of course my mother’s medical bills, which stack up day by day by day. These bills are constant, and we need all we can possibly get as soon as possible.
To everyone who has already assisted us: you mean the world to us, and we do not ask that you give us more. But we do ask that you please share this with your friends and family.
We have no doubt that we will make it through this tremendous roadblock in our family’s life. But we can’t do it with the plate handed to us. Our family will be grateful beyond words for every cent we raise. Thank you all.
Love,
The Rosenthal Family
Robert, Sheri, Danny, Lea, and Osky.
Organizer and beneficiary
Danny Rosenthal
Organizer
Frisco, TX
Robert Rosenthal
Beneficiary