Support Fernando Rodriguez's Fight for Life and Recovery

Update: Fernando was not able to survive for long after his 6 hour long surgery that was the only way to save him. He fought hard but was called to God early yesterday morning (Tuesday, September 3rd), much to all of our devastation. We thank all of you for your thoughts, kind words and donations and we remind you to hug your loved ones whenever you can. Life is precious, unpredictable and definitely too short. These funds will be used to help his young son have a bright future. Though we can’t help Fernando anymore, we can help his son and we appreciate anything that you can give towards that goal. God bless!

My name is Chuck Metzger. I am humbly asking for any financial help that you can provide for my cousin, Fernando Rodriguez. Fernando is a hard-working, single father who unexpectedly fell gravely ill while visiting family in Nicaragua and has been hospitalized since August 30, 2024 due to sepsis related to a condition called Bacterial Endocarditis complicated by an abscess (collection of pus in the heart). This is an infection of his aortic valve and it has caused the aortic valve to fail, resuling in severe heart failure that is complicated by sepsis, which is a systemic infection. Due to his tenuous/critical status, the only option to save his life was to have him undergo emergent aortic valve replacement and abscess removal at a hospital in Managua, Nicaragua. As I type this, he is still fighting for his life on the operating table and we are praying for the best. His best case scenario is to have his surgery be successful with extended post-operative care that will likely be 1-2 weeks more in the hospital, at a minimum, along with an extended course of IV antibiotics just to survive this. He lives in Pompano Beach and has no insurance to cover these enormous and ongoing costs that he is incurring in Nicaragua. He has a 1 year old son that he has to continue to support and he will not be able to work for the foreseeable future as he recovers from this devastating illness. We must help him and his family! He has helped those around him by providing shelter and/or financial help for years without asking for anything in return and he really needs help now. Please give anything that you can. Though I do not know what the final bill will be, I anticipate that it will be much more than $100,000 and so we are just trying to get him as much help as is reasonably possible so that he can just focus on continuing to fight and heal. Thank you from Fernando, his son, Noah, his brother, Sergio, his mother, Marianella and our entire family!!!

Me llamo Chuck Metzger y humildemente estoy pidiendo cualquier ayuda que puedan proveer para mi primo (primo hermano de mi esposa, Patricia, pero lo conozco desde que nació), Fernando Rodriguez Ubilla. Fernando es muy trabajador, padre soltero de un niño de apenas año y medio, que inesperadamente cayo enfermo gravemente mientras visitaba Nicaragua. Ha estado hospitalizado desde el 30 de Agosto a raíz de una Sepsis relacionada a una condición que se llama Endocarditis Bacterial, empeorada por un absceso (colección de pus en el corazón). Esta es una infección de la válvula aórtica que ha causado un fallo en esta válvula, resultando en insuficiencia cardiaca grave, que ha sido empeorado por Sepsis, la cual es una infección sistémica. Como resultado de su estado grave, la única opción para salvarle la vida era que se sometiera a una cirugía de corazón abierto para remplazar la válvula aórtica en el hospital militar en Managua, Nicaragua. En lo que escribo estas palabras, el esta batallando por su vida en el quirófano y nosotros estámos pidiéndole a Dios por el milagro de salvarle la vida. En el mejor de los casos, si la cirugía es excitosa, va a requerir cuidados post-operativos por lo menos de una a dos semanas en el hospital, junto con un extensivo tratamiento de antibióticos para poder sobrevivir.

El vive en Pompano Beach, FL y no tiene ningún seguro para cubrir estos enormes gastos, y los gastos que tendrá que seguir incurriendo en costos mientras tiene que permanecer en Nicaragua. Desafortunadamente no va a poder trabajar por bastante tiempo, y al mismo tiempo, tiene que ayudar a mantener a su hijito.

Por favor ayúdennos a ayudarle a su mamá y a su familia! El ha sido muy caritativo con otros familiares por años. Si no era ayudándoles pagándoles los teléfonos, era dándoles refugio cuando lo necesitaban.

Por favor donen lo que puedan, por muy poquito que sea. Todo cuenta. Todavía no sabemos los resultados de los gastos pero anticipamos que sean cifras mayores de $100,00 y solo estamos tratando de ayudarle lo jamás que podamos para que se enfoque en su recuperación y pelea por la vida.

Les doy las gracias y pedimos oraciones, en nombre de Fernando, su mamá Marianela, su hermano Sergio, su hijito Noah, y el resto de la familia.