Support for Jen to care for terminally ill husband
John has aggressive, terminal cancer. Your support will enable him, his wife and son to enjoy the little time they have left together.
Taranaki
In early February this year, my brother-in-law, John was diagnosed with aggressive, terminal cancer in his esophagus, bones, liver, lymph system and blood - he is rapidly deteriorating and has come home to die. Your support will help to ease the strain on my sister, Jen, the love of his life and wife of just under a year, to care for him and make his last days/weeks on this earth beautiful.
They have been together for over 17 years and married in March last year in the most romantic ceremony (that's them in the photo), we're not sure John will live long enough to celebrate their first anniversary. Jen is the sole breadwinner in the family and travels to Palmerston North from New Plymouth every fortnight for a week for her work, leaving John to care for their teenage son. This will be impossible to do with their current situation and I would love it if she could take some extended leave from her job to care for John, grieve, support their son and take some much needed time out.
They live a very humble life in New Plymouth, a city they moved to after our mum had a series of health scares requiring her to need support to continue living in her own home at the ripe old age of 90-something. They've spent the past five years supporting and caring for mum and now, with this unexpected turn of events they need to focus on the short amount of time they have together. Jen and John are such generous people, they wouldn't ask for help and if offered they would either refuse it or pay it back two or threefold. It's taken a bit to convince them both they deserve this and to graciously accept the support, contributions and assistance that could make their time together something really memorable, special and beautiful.
Val Little's involvement (page creator)
Jen is my sister and she has unexpectedly been thrown into the traumatic situation of caring for her husband who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. She is the sole breadwinner of the family and I want to contribute to the costs associated with caring for her beloved without having to stress about paying for bills, rent and supporting her family.
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Your support will contribute towards costs associated with caring for John in his own home - treatments, living costs, bills, food, costs associated with family and others visiting and funeral expenses.
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Thanks from Jennifer 22 May 2018
Jen, my sister and grieving wife of beautiful John has asked me to pass this message on to you:
dear friends...
I want to thank you with all my heart for the incredibly kind, generous help you've given me in the aftermath of my beloved husband John's death two and a half months ago.
Your contributions have been a huge help at a very difficult, painful time, reducing the stress of managing funeral costs and all that goes with it.
My lovely sister set up this page because she knew we don't have spare money. Dealing with profound grief has been, and continues to be, all-consuming, exhausting and shattering. Not having to worry about covering funeral bills and unexpected costs thanks to your help has been a massive relief - I can't thank you enough. I feel very humbled and extremely blessed,
with love and gratitude
Jennifer
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