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My oldest child was drinking and driving. He was lucky to make it out alive however he is now forced to live with health problems the rest of his life due to a dumb choice he made. He has no feeling in his lower body causing him to be in a wheelchair the rest of his life. He speaks to local schools now and is proof of what can happen if you choose to drink and drive. I strug...
Hello I help take care of my mother Angie. She has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and has recently had open heart surgery. Thankfully with my job experience I am able to provide her the assistance she needs when it comes to care and giving her the medications she needs. With her condition it's hard for her to cook and clean and do small every day things around the hom...
My name is Sashia and I am 32 years old. When I was 14 my mother who was at the time the age of ...
In 1995 we found out my dad had congestive heart failure. He was already a level four and never r...
My 86 year old widowed mother lived alone until she had a heart attack in April 2019. A day after...
I am a caregiver for my cousin Marco. Marco has kidney failure and is on dialysis, his parents ha...