Thursday, February 16, 2012
advice and tragedy
One of the members of my crossfit gym has been gone for quite a while. He was expecting / recently had a baby so it didn't seem like a big surprise. It turns out that while his child was being born, his wife had a seizure and they found a large brain tumor. It has since been removed and she is undergoing chemo in a hospital about 5 or 6 hours from home. With the commute, the newborn, etc. etc. they are having some troubles and an appeal has been made through the gym for help. They eat paleo so tonight I'm going to try and make a big freezable jug of chili and some other things for them. I'm trying to think of other ways I can help, though. So far I've been leaning towards offering to clean their home / do laundry / dishes etc. Please, if anyone has any sort of advice or thoughts on ways I could help this family, I'd really appreciate it. I've never suffered through something like this and I just don't know what to do.
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This is really bad news :(
ReplyDeleteI'm sure whatever help you offer will be appreciated :)
Offering to help pick up groceries/babysit/laundry/cook/run errands - those are the things they need the most help with and will be appreciated. As well as precooked meals.
ReplyDeleteOMG! I am so sorry to here this, it is so upsetting when a tragedy happens to someone you know. I have a similar situation at my work. My colleague delivered her baby early last week, at 25 weeks. They have to drive an hour to the hospital everyday to visit the baby. At work,we are putting together money or gift certificates. A few suggestions are gas cards, so that they won't have to spend so much money or gift cards to places in their area that they can get groceries.
ReplyDeleteI like the cleaning/dishes/laundry idea.
All the best.
No, the chilli sounds like a great idea! Something convenient for them, so they don't have to think about cooking right now. It's really lovely of you to do that. x
ReplyDeleteIm so sorry!!! Chili would be great, and Simply offer a simple shoulder to cry on or a Ear to talk to.. Is sometimes more then enough <3 *hugs*
ReplyDeleteThat's awful! It's great of you to help though, Knowing that people care is a powerful tool in itself.
ReplyDeleteEverything you've mentioned sounds like a great idea....just an offer alone will provide significant relief to the family I'm sure, I hope everything works out okay for the mother, very scary stuff.
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