Medical Expenses for Dan Moyer
No one ever expects tragedy to hit, but when it does, it knocks you down and takes you for a spin. We feel as if we have just been tumbling around for the last few weeks. Your parents are your rock. The definition of the pillars in your life. We watch and learn from them as they share about their life experiences. They are the ones that are there for you, giving advice and aid in whatever way they can. Always self-sacrificing, giving their all to ensure that you are taken care of. You take them for granted, expecting them to always be there for you. The moment when you realize they are fragile, they are human, they can get hurt, feel down, struggle; it shifts your entire world. Suddenly the things that you have always take for granted seem so precious. Those memories that were just moments now mean everything to you. We didn’t expect our Dad so get so sick. We didn’t expect to watch him struggle to breath, to watch our mom sit beside him unable to help. We didn’t expect to have so few answers. As you watch upon a situation where all you want to do is help, but there is nothing to be done. What can we do? Our pillar… our rock… our Dad.
Listening to them as they worry not just on how Dad will recover, but how they will manage to pay for the medical expenses. The stress of recovery completely overshadowed by the stress of making a living after the recovery. Every test, doctor consultation, day that passes, means more bills that will not be able to be paid. Medical insurance that meets the definition of minimum coverage. We sit there and watch, as they discuss all the things they will need to sell. We sit there are watch, as they must deny services and aid that will help Dad to recover because the funding is just not there. As we sit there and watch, trying to figure out what to say to comfort those who have always been there to support us when we struggled. Our parents, the ones that help lift us up and encourage us when life just seemed so hard to our childhood selves. Now we are suddenly hit with a role reversal, and we suffer with how we can help. All the time and love that we give to them will never be able to help eliminate the thousands of dollars in medical expenses that will come pouring in. How is anyone able to focus on getting better when in the back of their mind they are thinking about that?
We are eternally thankful to the doctors and the nurses, and so very grateful that with their aid we will be able to continue to make memories with our Dad. Yet somehow, something has changed. We realize now that those who we love and care for will not be there forever. We still see the struggle as Dad tries to recover. What can we do? We call daily, we cook and clean, we help with the day to day, but all the money we have would not even make a dent in what is to come. So instead, we turn to our friends and family and loved ones. We ask you to help in the support of our Dad’s life. We may not be able to heal him ourselves, but we can help to repay them for all of the times they have been there for us. We just want to help them, our parents, our pillars, our rocks. We will be so thankful for any amount of support you can donate. So grateful for the sacrifice you give to our family. It is such a challenge to ask for aid, but we come to you humbling knowing that our parents need us and they need you.
Dan Moyer entered into the hospital on Feb first. He was transferred to ICU where he spent five days. During his stay he had dozens of tests, and had dozens of loving visitors. He experienced shortness of breath, blood clots in his legs near his heart. The water retention in his legs and swelling of feet causing immobility is the most immidate hurtle to overcome. He was discharged on Feb. Tenth after his total stay of Nine days. He left without many answers as he was instructed to visit many more doctors to do more even more tests. We ask for prayers and support as we continue through this journey of healing and recovery.