tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297674.post1193764991386861724..comments2023-12-18T09:51:56.358-05:00Comments on Merv Sheppard's Transplant Network: Canadian man asks government to help with wife's lung transplant expensesMerv Sheppardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06470218561503095843noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297674.post-54591000006227565812010-02-28T10:18:03.424-05:002010-02-28T10:18:03.424-05:00I also am waiting for a double lung transplant,,li...I also am waiting for a double lung transplant,,living in Nova SCotia. I received my call from Toronto General Hospital just before Christmas of 2009 telling me to come to Toronto,,the only thing keeping me from moving ther to save my life is ther $40,000.00 I have been told it will cost me to live there to await my transplant.<br />My income is a tad bit over $1000.00 per mth with my LOng Term Disability and CPP,,my caregiver must take a leave of abscence from his job to come with me and is not elgible for Unemployment Insurance because he will not be available to work.<br />My rent will be $1280.00 per month,plus living expenses and I still have $600.00 worth of bills home here in Nova SCotia I must cover when I move. <br />The government does assist me in my rent after 3 months,but I still must pay the rent and get reimbursed,,I don`t have the money to pay the rent in the 1st place. To move I must pay 1st and last mths rent plus damage deposit and moving expenses,thus far I have raised $12,000.00 which will be gone just for moving.<br />It upsets and makes me mad daily. Our government can aid Haiti and other nonCandian causes,,buy genoraters and spend our taxes elsewhere but when it comes to a Canadian born here and lived here my whole life,I ust die because the government will not hep me to live.<br />Why should my life have a price,,it is not my fault NS does not have the facilities here for my transplant. I have enough to worry about with my health to have to worry about raising $40,000.00 so I can live.<br />I wake every morning with a headache,,I know it is stress,I feel myself getting worse daily,,I was tild 1 yr ago come March I have 2 yrs without a transplant in 1 yr I have only been able to raise $12,000.00 my resources are running out as to who to ask for donations.<br />I no longer have any pride,,I beg for help now from anybody that will listen. <br />I want to live to watch my grandson grow,,I want to be able to pick him up and play with him,,but my health condition does not allow that. <br />The government has to step up to the plate and help,,I have been trying to raise the money,,I live in a small community my resources here are running out.<br />I want to live,I want to have my transplant but unfortunately not having enough money is what might kill me and not my disease. <br />The Nova Scotia government should be ashamed of themselves knowing a 47 year old woman could die because they feel my tax money should go elsewhere and not to a dying citizen.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218903481882331020noreply@blogger.com