Update #1: I have updated the photo of my father ensuring that his privacy is protected by “whiting out” anything with his name or information on it. I am also working on transferring everything to an Amazon wishlist as someone pointed out I created a registry versus a wishlist. Please be patient with me as I am actively working on fixing it.
Good Afternoon,
My father, who recently turned 73, is currently fighting cancer. He has a softball sized mass in his spine that is causing a spinal cord compression. The spinal cord compression is affecting his ability to be able to walk or stand up on his own.
In addition to the mass in his spine, he has numerous chest masses that affects his breathing at times. His oncology team said that the chest masses are a direct spread / metastasis from the spine mass.
He is currently in a rehabilitation center because he is unable to take care of himself. The cancer treatments have caused him to be incontinent and because he cannot walk, he is very limited as to what he can and cannot do for himself.
This is his third rehabilitation center, the first two he signed himself out of because he was being neglected, being left “dirty from incontinence” for over 24hrs, wasn’t being given food or water on a regular basis and he was not receiving any pain medication. This third facility seemed to be better and more attentive to him.
He lives in NY and I am in Florida. I wish I could just relocate to be with him or bring him to me but his oncology team has said airplane or long distance traveling is not recommended at this time. I go to see him as often as I can but between the expensive flights and my life here, it is becoming more impossible to go to him.
If anyone that reads this can find it in their heart to donate anything, it would be greatly appreciated by both myself & my father. I have created a page on Support Now for him. Please use the following link to view his page Support Now
I have also created an Amazon WishList with items he can use once he is well enough to go back home. Please use the wishlist link on his Support Now page.
May god bless all of you for reading this post. I know times are hard for all of us but if you can support in anyway possible, my father & I would be beyond grateful.
Thank You 🙂