My wife and I need help.
We are in a really bad financial spot right now due to circumstances that are just beyond our control. Any help, whether positive vibes and prayers or a donation, would be greatly accepted. Thank you!
I hope this is ok to post this here.
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Hi, my name is Lara. I an a 62 year old nurse, still working. My wife is a 68 year old Navy veteran who relies on disability SS for income. Last September, my private duty patient passed away. It turns out that after the death investigation by the AHCA, my nursing agency was committing Medicaid fraud. They were not able to admit any more patients, but the agency did not let the nurses know. So, I was without work for a month, thinking that they would assign me a new patient and not knowing about their defrauding Medicaid.
No new client was given to me and we were behind in bills for a month or so when I finally found out about the situation with this agency. I applied to another nursing agency, but had to wait for a new assignment. It went very slowly.
Soon, we were several months behind. My car payment was several months in arrears. Then our mortgage was in arrears and we negotiated with the lender and got help from HUD. We relied on food banks for meals and at Thanksgiving picked up the makings of a Holiday meal donated by a local car dealer. Christmas was a meal made from the food bank donations. But, we celebrated and I kept a positive outlook.
Things were looking up, and in the beginning of January, I got a full-time client, even though they are in the next county over. I took the assignment because I needed the work. As a 30 year nurse, I needed a private duty job because my knees no longer allowed floor nursing.
But, unfortunately, on Monday, January 15th my car's engine failed and the car is shot. I still owe on it and a new engine is more expensive than the car is worth. I looked around on line, found a few reliable cars that would suit us. It has to be able to carry a manuel wheelchair and be reliable enough to get me to my job which is almost 30 miles away. There's no public transportation in my small county of N. Florida. And my wife has many medical appointments at the VA in Leon county. That's the closest one and transportation is not provided, even for the disabled.
The only vehicles I found require at least $4000 for a down-payment due to my recently bad credit score. We just don't have that amount. As we move forward, my only recourse is to rely on others to help us out. We need a new (gently used) car/SUV.
Thank you for your consideration.
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