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Im 21 years old I have two daughters who are 3 years old and 9 months old. My partner works fulltime we have to many bills to pay, my girls have never had a holiday or new clothes they get fed tho, however I've been going without food do they can eat! I haven't ate for 5 whole days!

I am 26 yr old single male. Lost my job and have yet to find solid employment, its been over a year! Growing up I was the kid who had a job before anyone else, always working, always saving. Lately, like many other people it has been tough.

I need a job! Any job, doing anything! I have carpentry skills, computer skills, and sales experience. I dont have March rent and am subletting my apartment to get out of the lease. Where I go I am not sure. It has been so tough lately that eating 1 meal a day is a luxury. Today I ate left over french fries, about 1 servings worth. That was my breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I have no insurance, never collected a unemployment check, or govt check in my life. No car, no money. Losing hope.

I have $8 to my name. No checks coming in and I am really worried. Im not a drunk/ drug addict, just fallen on hard times. I never imagined myself being in this position. Never thought it would happen to me. I guess Im just reaching out for any potential job offers, Or help.

Sorry. Thank you.

P.S. I am in Chicago, and will travel anywhere for work. Or even telecommute. Anything...

September 2011: Had a nearly fatal motorcycle accident on Lucent Blvd. in Denver. The events leading up to the accident I am unclear of, all I remember is waking up underneith a car and couldnt move. I remember the ambulance showing up to extricate me. Apparently I had a shattered pelvis and a broken humorus. I also sustained another concussion. I never was a big fan of the helmet, in fact very rarely did I wear one. I just happened by chance to decide to wear one that day, if I hadnt I'd be dead. It used to be that I struggled to survive, now I struggle to exist. This account is by my wife:

On September 28th, 2011
My husband Trevan had an accident on is his way to an Interview and he was going on Lucent to get on to the highway on C470 and was not able to see with the dew on the street and sun glare. He didn’t see the car at the stoplights, going on to C470. Didn’t know or see that it was stopped at the light. The sun was so bad that he slammed right into the person in front of him and went over the handlebars of the motorcycle and over the person’s car and was found underneath the car. The Paramedics found him under the person’s car and had to pull him out from under it.

I got a call about 8:15 am from the fire department letting me know that my husband was in an accident. I was so scared I was trying to get my son ready for school and get my daughter ready to so I could take him. I was told that he was taken to Littleton Hospital and that I can call over there and get info on how he is doing. Instead of me calling the ER the ER nurse called me and gave me some info about what they are doing and what ER room they are taking him to. They took some x-rays and he couldn’t be moved because they were not sure about his back. So they did the x-rays in the ER. That is what the nurse told me that they were doing and that he was stable. The nurse also said if I could get to the hospital as soon as I could, it would be a good idea to come since the police and fire department was still there. I told her I would try. I called my mother in law to let her that her son was in an accident and I called my mom. There were other people that I called too. When I got there and I had to park so far in the back of the hospital that I had to ask for directions to get to the ER from the outpatient so I could be there with my husband. When I got there it was very hard to see what he looked like. He had a neck brace on and his left arm was all wrapped up like a present. He had a big gash on the inside of his right leg that was pretty wide and you could see the fat and it kept on bleeding. They would not take off the brace from his neck because they didn’t know what else was going on with him. I met the ER doctors and they told me that he is in quite bit of pain, and that he was starting to not know what happened off and on. I tried to see if he could tell me himself but could not remember. One of the ER doctors was very concerned about the blood in his urine so they took him to another place in the hospital to do some more tests on him. My mom in the mean time called me and told me that she was on her way to be at the hospital with me for support, I told her that I really need some comfort and to keep it together. When she got here Trevan was not yet taken to get tested yet so my mom said hi to him and ask him questions. Then with the ER nurses came in to take him for the tests my mom ask the nurse what kind of test that they were going to do on him and they said it is to check for internal bleeding. When Trevan was taken back we went to sit in the waiting room in the ER. My mom kept asking me questions but I could not answer any of them, because I have not been told about any thing besides what the nurse told me on the phone before I got there. I ask the nurses that were still around they’re about where his belonging were because I needed to know if his wallet and other things like ring and glasses was there. They handed me the beg that had his wallet and other things that they took off of him. I took the beg with me so I could go through it and see if every thing was still with him. His wedding band was in there his wallet was in there and socks and helmet was there too so I took it with me out to the waiting room. There was also a ticket that the police left in it too. My mom took a look at it to find out what all happened. It just said it was his fault but we didn’t think it was his fault, but later on we did fine out it was his fault but we took care of it for him while he was in the hospital. While we were waiting Trevan’s mom came with my daughter to see him but he was still not back in the Trauma room. After a while they finally moved him to a room so we all went there. They took him to the ICU and we had to keep our hands clean at all times coming and going. Trevan was put on many powerful pain medicines for the pain. He was put on dilaudid and he was on that for a while but then he was inching so bad that they took him off of that and put him on morphine he was a little better but still was itching like crazy.

Doug and Jan drove out here on Wednesday night they didn’t stop except for brakes and gas but they drove all the way through so could see Trevan. They arrived at the hospital at 3:30 am. Trevan didn’t remember that his dad and step mom came to see him the first night. I told him twice that they were here and he just didn’t remember it. Every one came to see Trevan everyday Doug and J, Karen and John Hager, Kehli, his mom Beverly. Doug and Jan were here for four days and they were here also for the surgery. We had a lot of people in the waiting room Beverly and our kids, me, and Doug and Jan. I was happy that I had that many people there with me because I was very upset.

October 1st 2011
Trevan had his surgery on both the pelvis and the humerus bone. The doctor started with his pelvis first he said it was the quick one and that Trevan didn’t loose much blood with that one. Then the doctor moved Trevan to another table to do the other part of the surgery. He lost a little bit of blood when they did his surgery on the arm they had to give him two pints of blood. The doctor did come out to tell us the update as he did them and how everything was going. He showed us before and after x-rays. The doctor did a great job of fixing Trevan up. Then after the surgery was done he was in recovery room for about an hour and a half. They moved Trevan to his room afterwards and he still was not doing hot. He kept saying that the room was moving and it made him sick. He tried to keep his eyes closed but it made him even feel worse. He also kept asking for ice chips which I feed to him as much as I could. He was better by the evening, he didn’t feel dizzy any more. Family kept coming to see him and tell him that they love him and pray that he will heal quickly. I stayed with him every night after the surgery to keep an eye on how he was doing. He didn’t remember a lot of things, which in some ways it is good but in some ways it is bad. I think a lot of it had to do with the pain medicine that the doctors was giving him. A nurse told me that it could happen with the medicine could make you forgetful depending on what kind of pain medicine.

October 4th 2011
While Trevan was at the hospital he did fall. He hit his head agents the closet that was in his room. The nurses found him on the floor. They did say that when he fell he landed on his right side and that they don’t think he hurt him self, but he did hit his head when he went down. I asked them if they were going to see if he did any damage, and they said that he didn’t and couldn’t do that much damage because the way he fell. I asked them if he hurt any thing else and the nurse they checked him over and asked him questions and didn’t see any evidence that he had any more damage to what he already had. I asked to if they did any test to see. They said they didn’t do any other tests on him because they didn’t want him to be exposed to any more radiation from the x-ray machine. He was getting out of bed by his self with out any help, which he was not supposed to do that. That is why when he fell they put a bed alarm on his bed so they would know at all times that he gets up, for his safety.

October 5th 2011
During that time while he was a Littleton hospital they were trying to find a rehab place for him so he can start getting back on his feet. They did find one and they had him transferred from Littleton to Porter hospital. Before he left I told him that I would see him later that evening and so will his mom and kids. He said ok and they he was gone. That evening Beverly and the rest of us call daddy from his mom’s phone to let him know that we are coming to see him but we were going to stop and get something to eat on the way up to the hospital. Then while we were eating at Wendy’s he calls me on my cell phone and asks if we were still coming I told him yes. I asked him did you even remember that we called you before and told you that we were coming he said no he didn’t remember. While he was on the phone with me still we asked him if he wanted us to bring something for him. He said yes. We brought him a hamburger and a frosty. When we got to the Porter hospital and got to his room we noticed it was very small and odd shaped. He had a window but in the wrong place or the room was just in the worst place. It looked like a bad shaped L and had no flow to it. I asked Trevan on how he was doing and he said tired and in pain. I said you just been through a lot and it will take a while to heal. Then we gave him is food and let him eat while we also talked to the nurses that were taking care of him there. We also ask that if there was a way for a cot to be put in there so I could stay with him some of the times. They said yes that they will get one in the room the next time I come up to see him. I said thanks. They also had a bed alarm on his bed and his wheel chair that he was using. I am happy that they had that on there but the moment that he got up to use the urinal that the alarm went off. And he didn’t feel comfortable with them always coming in and him not able to potty when he wanted too. When he is in the bed but keep it on when he is in the wheel chair because he could not remember to lock his brakes before he transferred form the wheel >chair to bed or just getting up to stand.

October 6th 2011
Trevan calls him mom to get my number to be able to call me. He talked to her for a while and he also asked if we were coming to see him, and also asked if we knew where he was. His mom said yes she knew and asked him if he remembered that we were the other night. He said no and also said that we weren’t there to see him. Which we were there but he just didn’t remember that we were all there his son and daughter me and his mom. He forgot the entire evening and event that we even were there to see him the night before. His mom said to him that we were all coming to see you again tonight so we will see you later. The same day I went to take our van to get the oil changed in it and found out that there was a clucking sound and they told me that it was not safe for me to keep driving it. They said about a week or two would be all I should drive it. I called my dad and asked if he knew any one that I could take my van to get an idea on how much it would cast to get it fixed. This was all the same day that I was going to see Trevan at the hospital. They didn’t want me to drive it anymore until it was fixed. So Beverly had to take me back and forth to and from the hospital for a while. After Beverly got off work we all got in to the car and drove up to the hospital. We asked the nurses if there was any way for Trevan to watch movies other than watching TV all the time. They said yes and told us there is a TV, VCR that is on a cart that can go into their room to watch movies and only VHS tapes only no DVD’S. So mom went into the lunchroom and looked at all the movies and wrote down all the ones that Trevan would be interested in watching. After she was done she brought the list to Trevan to see and to know that he had choices. Then we went home and told Trevan that we will see him later the next day. Then said our good-byes.

October 7th 2011
There was a lot of thing going on this day that I don’t want to go through again. I had to take my van to a place that my sister in law told me about. I made my appointment with them the day before and they wanted me to bring it back today and get it fixed. They even said that it was not safe at all. I left it with them to fix it in the morning. Then I came back home and had more things to do. I had to run around back and forth using my mother in laws car which was ok she was taking care of my daughter and my niece so I got thing done and I was able to relax a little bit. We all went to see Trevan that evening. We had to go and pick up my van after we picked up dinner. Then we left to see Trevan. When we got there into Trevan’s room he looked really tired and in a bit of pain. We got an extra hamburger so we gave it to him so he could eat it. Of course he at it all up. I changed the channel and found shreck the movie and we all watched that with Trevan. The nurse cam in to see how he was doing. He said that he needed more pain medicine, also needed to have his depends changed. The kids and grandma left outside the room while he was getting changed. After he got settled again the kids came back in and they were getting rowdy so I ask Beverly to take the kids home. They gave their daddy a kiss and left. That night I stayed with him and he kept on asking if the nurse had given him his pain medicine. I told him yes that they did give you your medicine. I asked him if even remembered it and he said no. He asked me 4 other times to while I was there. When it was time for him to have another dose of medicine I said to use the call button that is what it is there for instead of me always running in and out of his room to let the nurses know that he needed more medicine. I stayed with him all night it was very hard for me to hear. When Trevan would fall to sleep he would start dreaming and breathing heavy then wake up crying and then fell back to sleep. It would go on about 5 times at night. I think it was nightmares and when he wakes up he would not remember any of it.

October 8th 2011
The nurses were coming into see how Trevan was doing. He had his breakfast and pain medicine. After breakfast the therapist came in to take him to do some therapy stuff. He worked on the ramp with wheel chair going up and down with keeping control with his feet. The first round was 35 minutes. Then comes back and rests for a half-hour and goes again for 30 minutes. Then he came back and rested and had lunch. Then he went with another therapist and goes and has a shower, but after a while he came back. The nurses told me when they came back with Trevan that the cut on the inside of the right leg came open while they were helping him with his shower. He lost a little bit of blood but it hurt him quite a bit. So two nurses came back. One was pushing him and the other on putting pressure on the wound. When he was back in the room he looked like a ghost, and looked very tired. Then his nurse came in to put a different kind of bandage on his leg. By the end of the day he had color back in his face and was doing better. That day and evening he didn’t know that I was staying with him. I was with him at the hospital since Friday night, to Sunday evening. I will be going home on Sunday night.

October 9th 2011
The nurses and doctors decided not to have therapy because Trevan gave them a scare. So they just let him rest and let the wound heal some more before he did any more. I watched him sleep and he has the bad dreams again all day, and all night. I woke up every time he had the dreams. I counted how many times he would wake up and go to sleep again. It was hard to hear too. When he did wake up I would ask if he remembered any of it. He would say No. I did let the nurses know what was going on with Trevan and also asked him to keep an eye out and check on him. I also asked them to keep a record of it too. I left the evening so I could take care of my kids the next day. My mother in law had to work and had to keep Sarah with me. I said my good-byes. I asked the nurses to keep me in formed on how he did through the night.

October 10th 2011
Trevan told me that he had therapy and that he was in some pain. He was up in the wheel chair and bed. He was learning how to put socks and underwear, shorts and shirt on by him self with out help and doing it all by with one hand. He did OK is what he said. It is hard for him to remember which arm to do in first. The nurses said try to remember left first than over the head than right arm. Then put your glasses on so you can see. He said he would try to remember. Then I went home. He also saw the doctor and asked for Ibuprofen.

October 11th 2011
I got to the hospital to see Trevan about 7ish. He looked tire but also happy to see me. He said to me when I can in “I was wondering when you were going to be here” I said I had to take care of the kids first. In the morning he did therapy then he has lunch and after he had lunch he did some more activities he had u ride outside and played scrabble to get his mind working on thinking. That is what he did during the day when I was not there to see him during the day Trevan had therapy and looked somewhat tired when I got there, he was also in his wheel chair. He ate all the tacos that his mom got for him. After we got done eating he was in a lot of pain. He asked for more pain medicine and he could not get any more ibuprofen. So they gave him percocet for the pain. All we did while I was there with him we talked and watched TV together. Was late when I left to go home and care for my kids.

October 12th 2011
I went to see Trevan about 7ish again. He did a lot of thing in the morning it was all written down so I knew what he did. Which he was to do every day for his memory issues that he has. He had breakfast then he had PT. He did exercises with his legs. ST. tested him it scored 20 out of 25 on the cognitive tests. Then he did some transferring using one leg, 2-½ lbs. on the other leg (right leg all weight and partial weight on the left.) After lunch he did the walker, wheel chair, shower, teeth and hair. All of this info that I keep getting is what he writes down for his memory reminder. I took a look at him and asked him how he is doing, He said he is in a bit of pain. A lot of pain was mainly in the arm. He asked for some pain medicine and he started to fall to sleep. So I told him that I would head home and take care of the kids. He said to tell them that he loves them. I said ok.

October 13th 2011
Just reading his report that he wrote. He did getting in to his wheel chair to go to the toilet, Independence Square and weight. That was his activities during the day and he also had another stitch pop and his leg started bleeding again. That is what he told me. It is covered with gaze. I was happy that they did put that on there to protect it better. He has been sleeping better. They aren’t using the walker with the plate form because of his bad left arm. He is balancing so much better on his right leg which I am very proud of him. I noticed while I was there he didn’t remember that he had his pain medicine which they did give it to him. But they could not give him any more until 9:15 PM. And it was about 8:20 PM when he asked for more pain medicine.

October 14th 2011
Trevan woke up around 5:45 am having pain in his arm and needed to be changed. Found out that Dr. Bess has not released him from putting more weight on his left leg. It will be 30% weight for a while. At a little bit after 9 this morning went for a wheel chair walk. He sat in the wheel chair and used his right foot to move him forward and his right hand also help him to move forward in the direction that he needs to go. He went around the hallway twice. Then after he did that he came back to his room, so after that another person came in and took him down to the shower. Both of us were in the shower room with the nurse getting him ready and helping him stand only on one leg. He could not put much weight on the left leg. After every thing was off the therapist helped him sit on the shower/ tub chair. We both helped him get cleaned up, but we made sure he did most of the cleaning up. He did well at listening to me and stayed seated until we needed him to stand to pull up his pants. He only used his right leg to stand on and his right arm to pull up. I told him if he comes home he is going to have to listen and wait until I can come and help him. I didn’t want him to fall again and end up in the hospital again. After the shower we went back to his room to rest for a few minutes. Then he went to do more moving therapy. He did hopping on the right leg and using the parallel bars with the right arm to and from the wheel chair. Then he did some bumping up and down on the stairs. They would not do any more of them for a while because it tired him out so much. We did not know when he would be able to come home yet. We were going to have someone come by to take a look at the house and see if he can come home. Right now it is set for wed. But it is not set in stone. I am planning to stay the night again and leave about 8:15 am to watch my daughter. Then I will be back to stay with him again that evening.

October 15th 2011
This is what Trevan did for the day, leg/ hip exercises, control wheelchair up and down ramp. ST- did memory strategies, put a picture with info, and writing down notes. OT- watched him do his brushing his teeth, getting dressed, independence square (cashier, shop, and sandwich) memory. That is what he did and also found out he has a urine infection. He slept a little bit, was up having to go to the potty all night, had to remind him mot to put any weight on his left leg. He said that he was not but I doubt it. I was watching him. After he was done he was always putting weight on the left leg every time he pushed his butt back in the bed. I am very worried about that. I did tell the nurses to keep an eye on him that he was having issues with him having to pee all the time. Since he had the infection. They said that they would keep watch and see how he does through the night.

October 16th 2011
Trevan had a bad day at remembering this day. I just don’t remember what he forgot because I was also very tired this day also.

October 17th 2011
We brought Trevan home to do the home inspection so we could find out what we all needed to do and what to get for the house, so Trevan can come home. We didn’t want him to get injured any more than what he is now. When we got to the house the two nurses had to lift him and the wheel chair up the stairs since we didn’t have the ramp up quite yet. We did tell them it would be up once we know what day we could get help. While Trevan was still sitting in the wheel chair he had to use the restroom. He did try to get in the restroom which he did do just fine, but when he was ready to get back out and into the wheel chair he almost fell in to the wheel. So they deiced not to have him use the small bathroom.

My dauhgter has lost her job now things are evn tighter. She can not collect cause she was fired they say for stealing. She worked in a super market at the deli counter and she ate a piece of lunch meat cause she was hungry. They give out samples all the time to the customer and that is what she took but they call that stealing cause she works there. so now she is at home with us and my job has cut my hours I now work 32 hours a week to keep me full time but that just is enough to get my wife and I by can you please help a little any amout would help

My name is deborah and I have 2 teen boys. We have been living out of our truck at a park for 3 weeds now and We need food. We ate are last can of beans last night. Please donate anything would help even $1.
Thank you for taking your time to read this,
Deborah

I am in desperate need of help. I am now a single mom of 3 lovely girls – 12, 8 and 9 months. I am finally at the end of a very nasty divorce. I have a full-time job and go to school for nursing in the evening and on weekends. I’m trying to do this so I can spend more time with my girls and we can live comfortably again. The lawyer fees have pretty much ate up all my savings. I am now covered to my neck in outstanding bills and don’t know what to do. To save money, I have cut off a lot of luxuries like cable, cell phones and internet.

I know it’s a lot to ask but I need about $5,000 to $6,000 to get out of this mess I’m in and to be able to stay in school. I’m in the process of fighting an eviction. I have to have $1,000 to the apt. complex by Aug.5th or they are going to put us out!! My car was taken back Friday and I don’t even have the money to get my girls the supplies or clothes they need for school. Let alone, keep pampers on my baby and milk the fridge.

If you could help, I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much for taking the time to read.

Can you help my new mommy? She adopted me on 6/30/11 from an animal rescue organization. I spent the first 12 weeks of my life in a nasty puppy mill, and boy, was I happy to go home with her! I had a pretty good first day in my new home. I ate and drank a lot. Good thing - I only weigh two and a half pounds! The next morning I didn't feel very well. My mom knew something was wrong, so I went to the vet and was given an IV and some medicine to settle my tummy. The doctor told my mom to bring me back if I didn't start eating or drinking. Well, I didn't get better. My doctor told my mom to take me to an animal emergency center where they could keep an eye on me around the clock. The nice new vet sadly discovered that I have PARVO, a disease that kills 80% of untreated puppies. I guess I wasn't given the shot that would have protected me from this disease at the puppy mill. My mom has a job, but not a lot of extra money, but she decided that I deserved a chance to live, especially since no one loved me or cared about me before this. I was admitted to the hospital, and put in isolation. I have three IV's, and I take a lot of medicine. The vet and the techs are nice, but they have to poke and prod me a lot. It makes me cry. I'm getting better, but I am lonely and sad. Today the vet discovered that I have pneumonia. It could be caused by kennel cough or aspirating some vomit. My mom told the vet to just make sure I get well. She wants me to have a long life filled with love, lots of petting, long walks, and good food. All of my care is very expensive. So far my mom has spent close to $5000.00 to keep me alive and once I'm healthy I'll still need regular puppy shots and neutering. Can you find a few dollars to help my mom pay for my care? I don't know her too well yet, but I do know beyond a shadow of a doubt that she loves me.

Hi

I have never had to beg before in m life. I can't believe I have to resort to this tactic at the age of 55 years old. Exhausting all my savings.

Here is my story.. In April 2008 I was laid off my Shop Manager job for a construction company after 5 years employment.

Shortly after I was only able to secure a Desk Clerk job at a old run down former Holiday Inn, here in Salina, KS.with a room as part of the compensation. After 2 years of employment there they had a infestation of bed bugs and the owner wouldn't do anything about it and I was really ate up by them, didn't know why I had bites all over me until I visited the emergency room. Upon returning to work I asked the owner to pay the hospital emergency room bill of $380. He said he would but still hasn't done so after presenting the bill to him.

I was able to get $106. a week unemployment though which put me living out of my 1989 Jeep pickup that I had. I built a box on the back that I cared my positions and slept in a Wal-Mart parking lot. I put ads on craigslist for house painting and got very few jobs but once in a while I could get a room so I could clean up and get some relief from the heat that summer sometimes hitting 106 degrees.

Finally August 5,2010 I found a job at a Car Detail shop and was able to get a cheap motel room. This is hard work now for a 55 year old man, but I persisted even though finding out the owner was a drunk. I came in on pay day one day in September only to be fired because he didn't have the money to pay the help. Even after filing a complaint with the Kansas Labor board he has managed to avoid payment.

Then I meet a man that had an old house for sale that was willing to help me out and I was able to make a deal to buy the small home for $2500. , $500. and $100. a month till paid for. No gas , No electric, No Water, it was a wreck none the less a shelter for the winter coming up. I put a ad on craigslist to sell my truck so I could make the deal and within a week a couple had purchased my truck and I was able to make the down payment and moved the few things I had left in and make a bed. The neighbors were nice people and insisted on running a electric cord through the window so I would have lights and I had a little electric heater to stay warm.

I was still running the ad on craigslist for painting and through the grace of god got a pretty good painting job that netted me $1300. After waiting 4 weeks to get paid for that job ( the company said the check was buried under paperwork on his desk when I called the day before Thanksgiving wondering why I hadn't received the check) right..

Any way I paid the payments up till February 2011

In November the city heard I was living in the house with out electric, gas and water and sent me a notice and posted a notice to vacate the premises with in 30 days or be fined $500. I called them and said I was working on it and they gave me till December to have it up to code and inspected for $150 city fee. I didn't know what to do but kept applying for jobs and praying for someone to call and have some painting done. A friend of mine was a electrician and came over and told me what I need to pass the electric inspection. I called around and there was one company that would do all the inspection so I scheduled the inspections and passed the electric December 24 2011 and I called to have it turned on and they couldn't do it till the 26th, all gone for holiday. The gas line was a different story, the plumbing company spent two day correcting the problem and left me with a bill of $1400. that I have only been able to pay $40. on.

A 50 year old man I had made friends with Russ, while working the motel told me he had to quit work because he
was dying from hepatitis and didn't know what he was going to do, he had been homeless while I was for a while, so I told him he could move in 2nd week of February 2011, he was waiting on unemployment and should be coming in any time now, But the motel wouldn't let him stay with out paying.

He did get a good size unemployment back payment and 2 days before the utilities were to be disconnected we got the utilities and the house payment caught up.

Because of the unemployment he was getting SRS has cut off his and my food assistance and he has been denied disability and has to get a lawyer to handle it. I have been applying to every job and submitting my resume to every job online and in the local paper with not 1 interview. I do have a company that said they will call me as soon as they get some work themselves.

Russ my roommate will get to were they have to extract the water that builds up around his organs. The Dr said he has anywhere from 1-2 years to live and I would like to make him as comfortable as possible. I cook all the meals and take him to Dr appointments and to pick up his medication.

The gas is all ready going to be shut off this next week because we missed a payment on the cold weather agreement and now owe $689.35

I do have a PayPal account where you can send assistance it is edwardahopkinsjr@gmail.com Mail to: Ed Hopkins Jr 331 N 11th St. Salina, Kansas 67401 We still have a cell phone 785-201-2347 if you would like to call.

Thank you in advance for your generosity,

Ed & Russ

P.S. I belive in the Pay It Forward System and will help at least 3 other people if you help me. I did donate $1. to BegsList I had $2. in my PayPal account. But I can't afford the $9.95 for the spotlight ad.

I never thought I would be here, doing anything like this. Normally I would be the person reading and donating to others. Now I find myself on the other side of the table and so far nothing. I am the mom to two wonderful beautiful kids. A 9year old son and 8year old daughter. Worked hard for years and now it seems that we may lose everything we have built. I owe about $1200 in mortgage payments. I have been paying everything I can, I have never just missed a payment but havent been able to make a full payment in about four months. I have been looking for work for about 5 hours each day which has also depleated the finances with the price of gas. I can do without everything myself, but not my babies. I can't bear the thought of them without a home to live in. They have never complained about anything, if we had to eat noodles for a week they just ate the noodles and were happy. I can't ask them to act happy about living in the van. I just can't. I do my best to shield them from all of out adult problems and the thought of telling them they may lose everything they've ever known breaks my heart, I cry thinking about it. If someone, anyone can help. I know it's tight for everyone out there, I feel bad even asking. The way I figure is I have always tried to help even when it was hard for me to do so. I dont expect anyone to put themselves out for us, my only hope is that someone that is fortunate enough to help without putting themselves in my position may decide to do so. I would be forever grateful and in your debt, also any and all prayers are appreciated. There is truly power in prayer. Yours Humbly,
A desperate mommy.

I never thought I would be here, doing anything like this. Normally I would be the person reading and donating to others. Now I find myself on the other side of the table and so far nothing. I am the mom to two wonderful beautiful kids. A 9year old son and 8year old daughter. Worked hard for years and now it seems that we may lose everything we have built. I owe about $1200 in mortgage payments. I have been paying everything I can, I have never just missed a payment but havent been able to make a full payment in about four months. I have been looking for work for about 5 hours each day which has also depleated the finances with the price of gas. I can do without everything myself, but not my babies. I can't bear the thought of them without a home to live in. They have never complained about anything, if we had to eat noodles for a week they just ate the noodles and were happy. I can't ask them to act happy about living in the van. I just can't. I do my best to shield them from all of out adult problems and the thought of telling them they may lose everything they've ever known breaks my heart, I cry thinking about it. If someone, anyone can help. I know it's tight for everyone out there, I feel bad even asking. The way I figure is I have always tried to help even when it was hard for me to do so. I dont expect anyone to put themselves out for us, my only hope is that someone that is fortunate enough to help without putting themselves in my position may decide to do so. I would be forever grateful and in your debt, also any and all prayers are appreciated. There is truly power in prayer. Yours Humbly,
A desperate mommy.

I never thought I would be here, doing anything like this. Normally I would be the person reading and donating to others. Now I find myself on the other side of the table and so far nothing. I am the mom to two wonderful beautiful kids. A 9year old son and 8year old daughter. Worked hard for years and now it seems that we may lose everything we have built. I owe about $1200 in mortgage payments. I have been paying everything I can, I have never just missed a payment but havent been able to make a full payment in about four months. I have been looking for work for about 5 hours each day which has also depleated the finances with the price of gas. I can do without everything myself, but not my babies. I can't bear the thought of them without a home to live in. They have never complained about anything, if we had to eat noodles for a week they just ate the noodles and were happy. I can't ask them to act happy about living in the van. I just can't. I do my best to shield them from all of out adult problems and the thought of telling them they may lose everything they've ever known breaks my heart, I cry thinking about it. If someone, anyone can help. I know it's tight for everyone out there, I feel bad even asking. The way I figure is I have always tried to help even when it was hard for me to do so. I dont expect anyone to put themselves out for us, my only hope is that someone that is fortunate enough to help without putting themselves in my position may decide to do so. I would be forever grateful and in your debt, also any and all prayers are appreciated. There is truly power in prayer. Yours Humbly,
A desperate mommy.

I never thought I would be here, doing anything like this. Normally I would be the person reading and donating to others. Now I find myself on the other side of the table and so far nothing. I am the mom to two wonderful beautiful kids. A 9year old son and 8year old daughter. Worked hard for years and now it seems that we may lose everything we have built. I owe about $1200 in mortgage payments. I have been paying everything I can, I have never just missed a payment but havent been able to make a full payment in about four months. I have been looking for work for about 5 hours each day which has also depleated the finances with the price of gas. I can do without everything myself, but not my babies. I can't bear the thought of them without a home to live in. They have never complained about anything, if we had to eat noodles for a week they just ate the noodles and were happy. I can't ask them to act happy about living in the van. I just can't. I do my best to shield them from all of out adult problems and the thought of telling them they may lose everything they've ever known breaks my heart, I cry thinking about it. If someone, anyone can help. I know it's tight for everyone out there, I feel bad even asking. The way I figure is I have always tried to help even when it was hard for me to do so. I dont expect anyone to put themselves out for us, my only hope is that someone that is fortunate enough to help without putting themselves in my position may decide to do so. I would be forever grateful and in your debt, also any and all prayers are appreciated. There is truly power in prayer. Yours Humbly,
A desperate mommy.

I never thought I would be here, doing anything like this. Normally I would be the person reading and donating to others. Now I find myself on the other side of the table and so far nothing. I am the mom to two wonderful beautiful kids. A 9year old son and 8year old daughter. Worked hard for years and now it seems that we may lose everything we have built. I owe about $1200 in mortgage payments. I have been paying everything I can, I have never just missed a payment but havent been able to make a full payment in about four months. I have been looking for work for about 5 hours each day which has also depleated the finances with the price of gas. I can do without everything myself, but not my babies. I can't bear the thought of them without a home to live in. They have never complained about anything, if we had to eat noodles for a week they just ate the noodles and were happy. I can't ask them to act happy about living in the van. I just can't. If someone, anyone can help. I know it's tight for everyone out there, I feel bad even asking. The way I figure is I have always tried to help even when it was hard for me to do so. I dont expect anyone to put themselves out for us, my only hope is that someone that is fortunate enough to help without putting themselves in my position may decide to do so. I would be forever grateful and in your debt, also any and all prayers are appreciated. There is truly power in prayer. Yours Humbly,
A desperate mommy.

Hello,

This is a rather strange incident that happened not too long ago. I had just completed some training and certification for employment, and I took my wife out to celebrate the accomplishment. We decided to go to Panda Express for dinner. After we ate, I opened my fortune cookie, and it simply stated: "Your luck will change.". I thought to myself, what an unusually bold statement for a fortune cookie. Anyhow, I thought nothing of it and went on with my day. The following week, I was on my way to work and my car just stalled. I could not restart the engine even though it had gas and a rather new battery. I had it towed to the dealership where they informed me that one of the rods in the engine was bent. The car is a 1994 Honda Civic EX, and it only has about 112 thousand miles on it. Anyhow, the price for a refurbished engine from the dealership with a 3 year warranty for that model of car is: $3,400. With the economy the way it is, I don't have that type of money saved up, so I am asking for any assistance to be able to get enough money to pay for this engine.

Thank you.

I work so hard for school and for my job. That doesnot pay enought to keep food in my fridge and pay my rent, student loans so i may keep going to school so one day I wont be hungry. I can not believe I am having to ask for help from starngers. It been making me cry all day. I have no family here, just a elderly mom in utah. I can not ask her. shell go with out. she's 68.I have no one elts, its just her and I .I want to get my degree and star work with a practice so I may always return the favor in some way.. I am only 29.Putting myself through school. I am a UCD davis student living in woodland,ca. Dental M.D. is my major.I realy do not have any food , or cannot afford food . My friend gave me top-ramen tonight, I ate it so fast ,but for tomarrow I have nothing. To beg aroung my school is far more humiliating. I get made fun of by the more able students.I gt one more year of my 6 yrs of school. I need to make it. I am praying for anything , from anyone who understands my position of giving it all for school.So I will never be hungry or embarressed again...I will take anything, food exspecialy. but I will be blessed by any kindness you offer.. Dawn leger 645 2nd st #32 woodland , ca 95695

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Please visit our page listed above to help Cody!

Our little Cody has not been well. Since he was just a month or so old he has had a problem choking when he eats. Around the time that he was eight months old we noticed he was having these choking episodes with much more frequency and they were becoming more severe. It got to the point where we were afraid to even give him a bottle without having the phone ready to call 911!

We took him to his doctor, who suggested we see a feeding specialist. And so began our journey.....

Right away Rosie (the specialist) noticed that Cody had trouble moving his tongue and chewing food. He tended to rush when he ate and that caused even more choking, but he was choking on everything- even just water. After a horrifying episode during one of his sessions, in which Cody choked on a piece of bread and turned blue, Rosie and Dr. Pepper (Cody's doctor) decided it was time for a Swallow Study.

During the study our little Cody enjoyed every last bit of barium as we watched him mash up food and try to swallow it. The speech therapist who was monitoring the test noticed that Cody's esophagus didn't seem to be moving quite right, he rarely chewed and had a lot of acid reflux going on. Aside from those observations, Cody had Oral Dysphagia as well. Those findings led us to an Upper GI Study that ruled out some really bad stuff, but Cody started having new symptoms. He was having difficulty breathing and had to be on nebulizer treatments, was increasingly grumpy, was gassy and had a very full looking belly that hurt so badly sometimes that he couldn't give us hugs. It wasn't long until he slowed down on his eating and Dr. Pepper decided it was time for a trip to Denver Children's Hospital.

In Denver Cody met a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Pulmonary doctor who read his records and checked him in for several more tests. An Endoscopy and a Broncoscopy turned up a very nice looking esophagus (even the biopsies looked good!) but some pretty bad asthma. They placed a tube in his nose for another test called a PH Impedence Study to measure what was coming back up form the stomach and during which times it was happening. This was all very hard on our tiny little man. He had a horrible reaction to the anethesia which forced him to have to be hooked up to monitors. Anyone who knows our Cody knows what a busy little guy he is!

The results were confusing, though, because Cody had been on a medication that was supposed to help with motility and we knew it did SOMETHING for him- but with his great looking esophagus we weren't sure what it was helping with. If his esophagus was moving fine, why did a drug that was supposed to help it move make him feel a little better? The doctors decided to do a Gastric Emptying Study as well. Cody was NOT happy because he couldn't eat for yet another day. If you know our Cody- you know he loves to eat!

The next day we did the study and it didn't take long to get the results. In the time it takes the average stomach to empty, Cody's stomach had only emptied 7% of it's contents. The medication had been helping his little belly move. Unfortunately, it has some nasty side effects and he can't go back on it. They are currently trying him on a low dose of Erythromycin, which is the last medication available to treat Gastroparesis (Delayed Gastric Emptying), according to our medical team.

We soon got the results of the tube they placed in his nose, as well. Cody has a pretty big reflux problem, too. Since his belly is so slow to empty, his acid has no place to go but up. No wonder he is so grumpy. The constant flow of acid is also a huge trigger for the breathing problems he is having. They are now trying him on both Zantac and Prevacid- both drugs that have not worked well alone, but we are praying they will work better together.

We are trying hard to give Cody small meals throughout the day and to incorporate all the nutrients he needs, but its hard. With the delayed emptying we are supposed to avoid high fat and high fiber foods. We already have to avoid eggs, dairy, soy, berries and nuts due to allergies, so you can imagine what a challenge we have on our hands!

Cody's GI doctors have recomended 2-3 surgeries, including a feeding tube. Gastroparesis is a Dysmotility Disorder. There is a small chance he could outgrow this and there is also a small chance it is actually caused by something treatable- although in 60% of the cases there is no known cause.

In order to fully understand Cody's condition, why he has it and what all the options are, as well as how to care for him properly- we need to take him to Columbus, Ohio to see one of the very few Dysmotility Specialists in the country. We have no idea how long we'll have to be there or how much of this trip will come out of our pockets. Cody's insurance does not cover any travel expenses and will likely not cover any repeat testing he may need. He is currently on a modified diet and they don't cover the costs of any of that, either.


We are asking that our friends, family and anyone who is able come together to help us- both financially and spiritually. We need the finances to get us there and keep us going even when we can't work due to surgery or whatever may come; and we need your prayers and support to keep us strong as we try to manage this difficult and unfamiliar situation. We want so badly for our baby to feel better- he has brought us so much joy and is truely our little sunshine!

Thank you all so much for taking the time to read our story and for doing what you can!

We are newlyweds. I am a nurse and my husband is a fireman. We are trying to rennovate our home to make it liveable.

There is only a subfloor in the kitchen and we cook with a toaster oven. We have a construction sink and that is all.

Our bathroom has mold and the tiles are all cracked. The bedroom leaks when it rains. The siding is all broken.

We were saving to begin rennovations and then I had a miscarriage. I had to have 2 surgeries, which ate up our savings.

PLEASE HELP! My husband works so hard to provide for us, risking his life as a fireman. My parents do not live in the country to be able to help us and his died from cancer.

We need help!
Thank you in advance!!!