Dad & Mom Recovery Fund

Bree Todish is organizing this fundraiser.

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I don't want my parents to know I'm doing this, so if you can spread the word to other friends and networks without including them, I would greatly appreciate it.

As I write this, my dad is being taken back to the hospital after a previous weeklong+ stay and following a single night in a care facility. I'm 2000 miles away and not able to do much of anything to help either of my parents other than be moral support.
My mom was on disability leave earlier this year, and before everything happened with my dad, it was looking like a possibility she might go out again before the year was out. Now... nothing's certain.
I had planned to go home for a couple weeks in mid-November to help out both of them; got my tickets and everything. It was going to be a surprise for dad. Now... nothing's certain.
The one thing that is certain is this: my parents need help. Help that I wish I could provide -- but living far away and barely making ends meet myself after being unemployed for half this year make that an impossibility when there are crucial needs for them both right now. Good thoughts and wishes and prayers are great, but sadly, what is needed most right now is some kind of stability for them both -- primarily financially.
Insurance is covering a lot of this, but as many of you know, hospital and care facilities are supremely expensive, even after insurance covers their part. My parents are basically a single-income couple with a mortgage and multiple health issues between them. Even if/when my dad is healthy enough to go home, there is a serious amount of work that needs to be done on the house to make it a good place for recovery -- for both of them.
I know it's a lot to ask when so many people are struggling; believe me, I am one of you. But I also know that if you never ask for what you need, odds are you'll never get it. So I'm asking for a few dollars. Just $5-10 if that's all you can give. If you can give more, great, but every single dollar is helpful. So is asking others to contribute. And, as always, so are prayers and good wishes.

I will provide updates and info as I can. I sincerely hope that my dad will be alright and heal in time, but time for healing from health problems in this country is a very costly process. Please consider donating just a few dollars, and if you cannot do that at least spreading the word to others. My parents are generous, compassionate people who I am very lucky to have as role models -- and I'm not ready to see them crushed, emotionally or physically, by financial burdens. I hope none of their friends, family, or colleagues are.