Good bye Dad

Goal:

 CAD $20,000

Raised:

 CAD $555

Campaign created by Branden Belanger

Good bye Dad

It breaks my heart to have to make this campaign to ask for support for my Dad's funeral.


My Dad Gary has been disabled for a long time with restless leg syndrome causing him severe pain throughout the day.

Along with diabetes, weak/failing liver and kidneys, and other issues.

He has been in and out of the hospital for years to receive blood transfusions, tests, and other treatments.


Over the holidays He has been very sick with COVID and had trouble breathing.

On Christmas day while visiting our Grandma to open gifts, our older brother called him from up north to wish him a merry Christmas. 

Our older brother determined he needed to go to the hospital and called the ambulance.

I selfishly wanted my dad to be home for Christmas dinner, but he was gone before we returned home.

He has been in the hospital ever since.


COVID became ammonia, ammonia traveled to his brain through the blood.

Initially, the hospital was treating for the Ammonia and giving him blood transfusions, but now they have stopped treatment.

The hospital suggests putting him in a hospice where he can die more comfortably.

Dad is not able to decide for himself and his mental state is declining.


Yesterday (January 24th) was his birthday and one of the things he was capable of saying was to see him every day. The day before He asked me what it would feel like to die.


I have been off work since December 16th to visit the family for the holidays, and have only had one day of work when I got back home. Despite this, I got a call last Sunday saying Dad might die before his birthday and I dropped everything, including new work projects, and took the next ferry over.


I make this Campaign Mostly to raise money for the funeral, possibly to pay for the hospice, and to fulfill his wish of coming to see him every day.


I put a large asking amount because I don’t know what any of these expenses will cost and our family can use all the help we can get.

Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/9bRgpJYLxY

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Anonymous Giver
$ 150.00 CAD
9 hours ago

Anonymous Giver
$ 20.00 CAD
4 days ago

Prayers for you and your Dad🙏💜

Hughes
$ 100.00 CAD
6 days ago

Suzanne Dauchez
$ 20.00 CAD
11 days ago

One big family

Anonymous Giver
$ 8.00 CAD
12 days ago

Anonymous Giver
$ 7.00 CAD
13 days ago

Amber
$ 100.00 CAD
13 days ago

Sending all my love to you and your family

Anonymous Giver
$ 50.00 CAD
14 days ago

💓

Caz
$ 100.00 CAD
14 days ago

Thoughts are with you and your family.

Updates

Dad's in Hospice

February 4th, 2025

Dad Has been transferred to Saint Michael's Hospice on January 31st. Now that he has been there for a while and settled in, he seems stable and tenacious.

The hospice charges $48 per day. We are looking to get that amount subsidized. However, in the worst-case scenario, his pension should be able to cover the expense.

I have learned That we can apply to the Canadian pension plan to pay out $2500 to the family after he passes. This will be enough to reimburse much of the funeral and burial expenses.

This campaign remains to cover the excess cost of the funeral and headstone, To give our dad his basic comforts and desires, and to help keep the family afloat from having to miss work, and additional expenses incurred during this time.

Thanks for reading and for sharing. <3

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