Support for Carin Switzer After Sudden Loss

Hello, thank you for taking the time to read this.

My name is Allison, and our father, Douglas Switzer, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, 11/27/2024.

The day before Thanksgiving. He was 53 years old. I cannot BELIEVE I am writing this. I cannot wrap my brain around anything right now, this doesn’t seem real. We don’t even really know what happened. He has been off of work on and off for the last few weeks, he did have pneumonia the first week, but then just still didn’t feel great since. He went to the dr and they gave him meds. On Wednesday, dad still didn’t feel well enough to go to work, and at about 10:30am, my mom, Carin Switzer, and I were on the phone, chatting about everyday She realized it was pretty late for dad to still be in bed, even being sick, he always checked in on her. He has always made sure mom was taken care of as well as all of us kids. Mom said she was going to check on him then would message me in a little while, mom called me back in a panic, told me get to her house now and the called ended.

The first responders were amazing. They did everything they could. Same with the ER doctors. It does not go unnoticed. They were hopeful at first, giving him so many meds to try to help. They came back and told us it was time to say goodbye. We didn’t know what was happening, but we were there together. Myself, my mother, my brothers, were all with our father. Then, he was gone. Our lives came crashing down, the day before we were going to share how thankful we are… were… to have each other. Man, that was hard to write. We are still figuring things out right now. He did have a life insurance policy, but mom has to meet about that on next week. Dad was not active on his medical insurance at the time. Mom was laid off at the beginning of the month, and since dad hasn’t worked in the last few weeks, I am asking for help for her to get by until we can figure everything out. I never thought I would have to do this. I worry about my Mom. 34 years is a really long time to have someone take care of you, then they are just… gone. I am trying to hold things together. Dad had 4 children, Dad was grandpa to 17 grandkids. What are we going to do now? If you do decide to make a donation to help, I am seriously also asking for your advice, in any capacity, on how to face the patriarch of family passing away. Especially unexpectedly.

We were not prepared. There are so many words I want to say to him.

So many questions. I am so lost and all I can focus on is helping our mother get through this.

Anything helps. I appreciate you all.

Thank you