THE BASIS FOR THIS FUNDRAISER IS CONTINUALLY EVOLVING, BUT I'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT...
ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, SUZANNE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. DESPITE THE FACT THAT HER PARENTS WARNED DOUG THAT MARRYING HER WOULD MEAN A LIFETIME OF CARING FOR A PERSON THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO NEED CARE AND MORE SEVERELY EFFECTED AS TIME WENT ON, HE AGREED TO ACCEPT WHATEVER LIFE WOULD BRING THEM. AFTER TWO CHILDREN, HER DISEASE PROGRESSED. DOUG TOOK OVER MOST OF THE HOUSEHOLD CHORES AND WOULD HAVE TO CARRY HER WHEN HER LEGS WOULDN'T WORK. FAST FORWARD TO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. DOUG SUFFERS A MINI STROKE. DOCTORS PUT HIM ON BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION, BUT AFTER RECEIVING A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH, DIDN'T THINK HE NEEDED TO TAKE IT ANY MORE. THEN CAME THE MAJOR STROKE. AFTER ALMOST A YEAR OF REHABILITATION, DOUG BROKE HIS HIP AND SINCE THEN HAS SUFFERED OTHER MINI STROKES AND MORE HEALTH ISSUES. TO BEGIN WITH, IT IS CERTAIN THAT THEY NEED FINANCIAL HELP. THEY LOST THEIR HOME ONCE DOUG'S TRAGEDY STRUCK AND DEPLETED THEIR SAVINGS. THEY NOW HAVE NOT ONLY SUZANNE'S MEDICAL BILLS, BUT THEY NOW HAVE DOUG'S. HE WENT MANY MANY MONTHS WITHOUT ANY INCOME BECAUSE DISABILITY NEEDED POSITIVE PROOF THAT HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK. SUZANNE'S FATHER HAS TOILED TO GET THROUGH THE PAPERWORK AND RED TAPE. SUZANNE'S PARENTS, APPROACHING THEIR 80'S HAVE TRIED THEIR BEST TO CARE FOR THEM IN THEIR FLORIDA HOME DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY LIVE ON A SECOND FLOOR WITHOUT AN ELEVATOR WHICH HAS LEFT THEM FINANCIALLY AND PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED. PRESENT DAY SITUATION: IN MARCH 2013, DOUG SUFFERED ANOTHER MINI STOKE AND JUST TODAY WAS MOVED TO A NURSING HOME. IF THEY CAN REHABILITATE HIM ENOUGH, THEY CAN GET THEM TO AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, WHICH WILL BE MORE THAN THE APARTMENT THEY ALREADY CAN'T AFFORD. THEIR APARTMENT LEASE IS UP IN JUNE AND
THEIR SO CALLED "HANDICAP" APARTMENT HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY DAMAGED FROM THEIR MOTORIZED SCOOTERS. THEY WILL LOSE THEIR DEPOSITS AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE CHARGED FOR DAMAGES TO THE WALLS, DOOR FRAMES, CARPET, STUD WALLS , CABINETS AND ALL APPLIANCES. EVERY DAY IS A WAITING GAME TO SEE WHERE SUZANNE (AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY DOUG WILL RETURN TO HER) WILL NEED TO LIVE, BUT YOUR GENEROUS DONATION WILL HELP GET HER TO THE SAFEST, HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE, ACCEPTABLE LIVING SITUATION THAT WE CAN AFFORD HER. AFTER THAT, MEAL DELIVERIES & ITEMS THAT WILL MAKE LIVING WITH HER HANDICAP EASIER, MORE COMFORTABLE, OR EVEN POSSIBLE. AFTER THAT, IF THERE'S ANY LEFT, PAY SOME BILLS AND MAYBE GET HER A USED COMPUTER SO SHE CAN LEARN TO USE FACEBOOK AND INTERACT WITH ALL OF US! DONATIONS CAN BE MAILED TO FUNDRAISER C/O JB BAMBOOZLES PUB & GRILLE AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS OR CONTACT LINDA @313. 581.0295
