On June 30th, on their 33rd birthday, my partner @tumblrg00n passed away.
We had been struggling with their health for a long time, and before passing they told me that they had been feeling death coming for a while. We had taken them to the hospital for shortness of breath on June 21st, and on June 29th, the hospital told us that their vitals were good, their bloodwork was good, and they discharged my partner, sending them home. They passed less than 24 hours later, home in their own bed, while we both slept.
I am devastated. I was so sure that they would be able to recover from this latest complication. I had been so sure that they were going to be a part of my life for a long time still.
We will never finish our roleplays. We will never finish My Hero Academia together.
I now have to make up for the loss of two incomes, because I was being paid to take care of my partner, and my partner was receiving SSI. To continue living where I am, and be able to eat, I have to make a minimum of $1,500 a month, and that's just the bare minimum. Together my partner and I had been bringing in over $2000 a month.
Additionally, my partner's sister and I are struggling with a legal barrier. In our state, their father is considered the legal next of kin, as we were never able to get a Power of Attorney notarized. Their father abandoned them before my partner was born, and when they did try to reconnect with him, he sexually assaulted them. Our hope is that the restraining order and inability to contact him will allow us to get his rights waived, but partner's sister has been going back and forth with the funeral director for 4 days now.
Luckily, we have managed to raise a fair amount of money toward cremation service, but just in case I have set up a PayPal fundraiser for $10k. That money will go toward funerary service, travel expenses for my partner's sister, a small cushion for me while I search for a new job, and any other unexpected costs that may come up (there is a chance that my partner's last SSI check may have to be paid back.)
If you could please share this post and help me raise the funds, it would mean so much to me. This is the biggest stress right now while we are trying to mourn and grieve, and any relief at all would help so much. Thank you.
On June 30, 2024, Jane Shannon passed away. It was her 33rd birthday, and she had been fighting a long and hard battle with her health for a
