It started like this. We were running our own construction/land development firm in Colorado. The economy went into the toilet just about the time we expanded from 7 lots a year to 26. We got caught holding the back. We lost our home, a car and everything we invested in the company. We were forced to leave Colorado for Florida. Penniless, no jobs, no insurance….just one car. We ended up with my Mother.
My wife persisted and became a realtor but that died too. But she used to sit on a hard wooden chair scouring the Internet for real estate information 24/7. It drove me nuts specially when I thought we should focus on other businesses. We moved one year ago. Six months ago my youngest son really messed his knee up badly and went to the emergency room. Because of our financial situaution Medicaid kicked in to cover him and it did. Automatically, Medicaid covered my wife and both my other kids, but not me. Fine and no problem as I’m healthy and dont smoke or drink. Then one month later my wife got pain in her stomach, intestine etc….and it went on diagnosed as IBS or severe collitis. One month after not sleeping at all from the pain she checked into the hospital for further testing. I’m talking about a wife for 15 years who never took a day off. Never. She’s as tough and as clean as they come. No drugs, no alcohol, no smoke, no craziness period. She was diagnosed with Stage 3 locally advanced rectal cancer. The coincidence is my son’s knee, without that injury, she would never have been covered. Which is a death sentence with cancer. Talk about all the bad luck at once. Also it is pure coincidence that we ended up in the best Colorectal Surgery Unit nationwide?? Just because they are down the street and she didn’t want to go far for Emergency treatment.
There is more to this story such as the innocent bystanders around us who all have a mission now. Saving my wife. At a time where we felt lost and abandoned, we have never felt so supported or surrounded by people who truly care. It is a turning point in both our lives. Also, I have always been involved with THC Foundation in Colorado, that grows medical marijuana free for cancer patients. I never would have guessed that experience to be of use in my own life. Too many coincidences. And I was a true Aetheist until recently. I feel like I begged for help and I am seeing signs of it every day. I am getting the help I begged for. There is much more to this story. More details about people who appeared for no reason. But now I know the reason.
