Posted by: thepinetree on 11/18/2014 02:04 PM
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Support The Team Alan Swortfiguer Cardiac Fight At GoFundMe
Copperopolis, CA...Hello Everyone. We are raising money for our father, Alan Swortfiguer. He is a loving father of nine, grandfather of three, a brother, uncle, and husband. He has had a life threatening congenital heart defect his whole life. Ever since he was a child he has had many battles with his health such as, cancer and two open heart surgeries. In recend months Alan has been batteling life threatening sepsis and right and left heart failure. In the past Alan always pulled through, until now. His heart is enlarged and his pulmonic valve is shot. The pulmonic valve is responsible for getting blood to the lungs to be oxygenated and then returned to the heart to deliver oxygen to his whole body. The Doctors have spoke about replacing the pulmonic valve, but the cancer and radiation from his past has detroyed the tissue of his heart,lungs, and vessels, which makes the valve replacement surgery very dangerous and the doctors unsure of whether to do it or not. The lack of oxygen his heart is pumping due to the damaged pulmonic valve has started to cause kidney and liver failure. HIs options at life are dwendling down to nothing. Currently he is at Stanford Hospital in Stanford, CA waiting to see if his body will improve so they perform surgery on his heart. The hope is to get as much fluid off him as possible and hope the kidneys have a good day so Alan has a better chance of making it through the surgery...
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He has top notch cardiac doctors trying to help him and our whole family thanks God for that. This is a man that has tryed to live a normal life and never let illness stop him from doing anything. He has worked in the construction business for as long as I can remember, including running equipment to fight Cal fires. He has owned his own trucking company, been my softball coach, my brother's football coach, and has always been the kind of man to give the shirt off his back to help a stranger. This is a critical time for family and we ask that you help us spend as much time with him as we can. Currently his wife and family have taken time off work to be with him at the hospital around the clock. Alan has been denied for state disability and has no other source of income to help pay for his expenses of living and the pricey medical bills that are accumulating. We have set up this account to raise money for hospital expenses, visits, hotels, the expenses of Alan's medications, in-home care, post-operative expenses, and the cost for Alan to live as much as he can while he can. Please pray for my father and please share. The power of prayer is strong.
Thank you.
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