When my wife, Maribelle, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2025, everything in our lives changed in a single moment. The illness took away her voice, her strength and the independence she once had. Today she breathes through a trach and depends entirely on daily care, fighting through a recovery that has been long, painful and filled with uncertainty.

For more than a year, we have been trying to secure disability benefits and assistance programs that should have helped her. We have submitted every document, followed every instruction and waited through every delay, yet nothing has been approved. She has received no financial support at all, leaving our family to carry every part of her care on our own.

Her medical needs, her transportation, her emergencies, her daily support and even the basic costs of keeping her safe at home have all become responsibilities we shoulder alone. As her condition stays unstable, even our regular household expenses have become harder to manage and we are doing everything we can to keep her cared for and housed during this difficult time.

We have had this fundraiser for almost two years now and we have only received around $2,900 total. This campaign has received very little support and most of the donations came from one single generous supporter who has been the reason this fundraiser has anything at all. Without that person’s kindness, this campaign would have almost no donations. We are grateful for them but it also shows how alone we have been in this journey. Many times we felt ignored, like nobody saw what we were going through or how much we were struggling to keep her safe.

Now what we have been fearing is happening.

We received a 30‑day notice to vacate.

We are at risk of losing our home while she is still fighting cancer.

This is something we cannot control anymore, and it is not in our hands.

This fundraiser has become her only support. It is the one thing helping us keep her stable, supplied, and able to continue healing. Maribelle is still fighting throat cancer, still trying to regain strength, and still needing help to stay safe as she recovers.

Your prayers, your kindness, and your generosity mean more to us than words can express. Every contribution directly supports her care and gives her the chance to continue healing with dignity and hope. Thank you for standing with her and with our family during this journey.