I am starting this page because the last two years have been the most difficult times ever After losing my mother to covid unexpected I discovered that my child has severe asthma with a lung function of 70 percent . Then I had a massive heart attack at the age of 43 and many other heart complications to add to that. I work as a crisis counselor and save lives every single day. . And suddenly my life is at risk and I'm holding on for dear life. Between having a pace maker, an ablation,a Stent and the arteries removed from my legs to help with the blood flow and circulation....I found myself having to take more and more time off.. bills piling up and overdue... I have done all I can .food pantry.. sign up for programs that they claim I don't meet criteria due to having some employment regardless of the hours I'm working. I attempted to get food stamps and Medicaid but again don't meet criteria because I am currently employed so I started having to pay for all of the asthma medication and heart medications and procedures out of pocket which really did me in so any type of credit that I did have was maxed out and so here I am I'm trying to get back on my feet trying to catch up on my bills and it's very hard I am now back at work trying to do my best but in my hours and the time that I'm working you're not permitting to make it to any pantries to make it to any food giveaways and the time that I do have off I'm totally having to recover due to my health my son has one asthma inhaler that is $165 and it's almost to the point of do I feed him or let him suffocate I have no family support so it's very difficult for me at times a friend recommended me to this page and said give it a try you never know who will be willing to help so here I am being totally vulnerable and embarrassed to say the least but sometimes as they say a closed mouth won't get fed. I keep my faith that things will get better every single day but some days I don't even want to get up because I just know that the day ahead of me is going to be so trying that I'm going to be mentally exhausted by the end of the day it's very discouraging so any help at this time to me is such a blessing toiletries groceries you know things like that that you can't really afford to go and do and it's so heart-wrenching that I can't just go and do it like I used to if I needed an item I went to the store and I bought it I don't have that option anymore.