Hi Everyone,
Its me again with another update. I wanted to let you all know that I have posted a payment for the deductible he was not able to pay when he went into the hospital for the amount of $550.00 from the funds that have been donated so far, leaving a balance of $96.51. I was able to use the paypal debit card I have so it was easily done. I talked with my dad today, he reported that he received another bill; this time from Johns Hopkins in the amount of $38,000.00 plus the $1,000.00 bill that they have already received. They only have $200.00 to last them for the rest of the month, and most of that was spent up when I took my mom to the store the other day to get some needed groceries, my dad's medicine and a blood glucose monitor. Because my dad has apparently developed Diabetes due to the surgery he had to have on his pancreas. He is currently on a pill to help control his levels. I want to thank you all for the help you have provided so far. If I can possibly manage to do so, I will get ahold of his bills to scan to show you. This is getting hard for him. He has never owed this much money in his life. So the numbers are scaring him; he is afraid of losing everything he has. But I try to assure him that it won't come to that.
He wanted me to make sure that You all got this message:
"I want to thank you all for what you have donated to me. There are not enough words to tell you how much I deeply appreciate it. I am praying that God will richly bless each and everyone that has donated money, said prayers or sent cards. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
I know that he means every word. He is still having problems with eating. His digestive system is still not working like it should. Like my sister posted in the previous update; he has gone from 215 pounds down to 178 pounds.
Donations are still being accepted through paypal. You can send money to lmidkiff@zoominternet.net
I also talked with the billing coordinator at Johns Hopkins just a few moments ago and she has provided me an address to which you can also make payments incase you are not comfortable using Paypal. Here is that information:
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Harvey 114
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287-8108
ATTN: Joan Sutton
His name is Paul Thompson and his Patient account # 206254195
Thank you all for taking the time to read all these updates. Things for me haven't been running so smoothly in my life lately. But it will all work out. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!
God Bless you all,
Lori
