posted October 15, 2003 03:34 PM               

God bless, and I pray all goes well with the surgery.

posted October 16, 2003 12:24 AM               

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Originally posted by jkg:
Hi i have to come to seattle, Wa for brain surgery and a few additional tests
my spouse and daughter are coming with me there to Seattle, wa for the
surgery the situation is once i go into the hospital and for the time of recovery
after surgery medicaid won't cover hotel or anything like that and we don't
know anyone that lives in seattle either that they could stay with and cant
afford hotel for the time i go into surgery on the 23rd and for at least a minimum
7 days after surgery recovery time etc and this problem has had me distraught
and so far has not been resolved i have made several calls to organizations
united way and so forth and cried out to God for help and am at the end of
my ropes with things.. Please let us know if you can be of any assistance
at all or have a christian couple or something like that in your church willing
to take in my spouse and daughter for this time and be of any help etc...
thank you kindly.....

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Hello-

I do not know anyone in Seattle, but if you are willing to ask for help from strangers from other church denominations than your own, you may consider looking in the phone book for Catholic Social Ministries or even calling a Catholic Parish once you get to town. I cannot guarantee they can help you directly,but they may be able to connect or refer you to an organization that can. In our area, the Catholic Parish outreach is available for ALL people in need regardless of race creed or religion and the paperwork is minimal. Mostly they just want to have a record of the statistics of how many people used their services and under what circumstances. They may be able to direct you to shelters or safe places for your family to stay. As I understand it, The Catholic Social ministry would be run by the Catholic Diocese of that area and may be in the same offices as the main offices for the Diocese. A local Catholic Parish office Secretary should be able to direct you. It is doubtful that you would get any financial assistance, but I believe you may get help of some kind...and do not be discouraged if you are grilled and questioned to the nth degree...A lot of people try to take advantage of charity by scamming them for money and now church workers have been trained to screen everyone carefully. Do not be offended by this.

Good luck and God Bless.

Christ peace,

Hashi