My family and I are currently in danger of losing our house, as well as our business. My husband is a truck driver, and is our sole source of income at the moment. We have owned our truck for 6 years. Earlier this year, the suspension on our semi truck completely snapped. Seriously, it shattered. We had to rebuild the entire suspension, and take out a loan against our house to do it. Everything was fine, we were making payments on time.. until just two months after getting the truck back from the repairs.
My husband had a serious medical incident that required him to be transported to the ER via ambulance, be seen by half a dozen doctors, and he was home for months before he could be released back to work. Once he returned to work, we thought everything would be fine. We managed to postpone our loan payments by a couple months, and he was working, so it seemed good.
As soon as we felt like we were getting back on track, everything hit the fan. I had to have emergency surgery to remove my uterus, and nearly bled to death because my uterine tissue was so friable, and bled every time the surgeon touched it. We have four children (two adult children, two under 8), one of whom is severely disabled. I am her caregiver, so when my surgery was necessary, my husband had to be home to be caregiver to her instead. Just two weeks after my surgery, our disabled child had to have emergency surgery due to an intestinal rupture, as well as weekly infusions that we had to pay for out of pocket because our insurance wouldn’t approve them at the time. During her recovery, our water heater AND our stove went out and needed to be replaced. On top of all of that, just last week our son and daughter-in-law welcomed a beautiful baby into the world 10 weeks early, weighing just over 3 pounds.
It’s been a year that we could have never imagined. Now we owe an insane amount of money towards our truck loan payment because we had SO many things that had to be paid for in order for us to even survive that we just couldn’t keep up, and if we don’t pay them at least $12,000 by the end of the month, we’re going to lose both our house, as well as our truck – our source of income. We do not know where else to turn. We have no extended family, and no support system. We have no one to help with our youngest children in order for me to work, and my husband can not keep taking time off of work. We do not qualify for assistance in our area, and have exhausted every other option we can think of, including selling my husband’s personal vehicle, as well as many belongings.
Please, if there is anything you can do to help, we would be eternally grateful.
Goal: $12,000+
Deadline: November 30th, 2025
Venmo: @A_Elocin