Please Help
Okay. What you don’t know about me is that I tend to be a bit of a human black hole. As soon as it looks like I’m about to crawl out of a mess, some terrible weird thing happens that makes life so much harder. Like I worry for people standing next to me sometimes, because they honestly take their life in their hands with the black tar that seems my fate in life.
October 4th I took part in a free dental event because I had a cracked tooth that needed to be removed and no dental insurance. The procedure went bad and I came home with exposed jawbone and a really strong antibiotic that I would be on for two weeks.
Fast forward to the last pill and I was suddenly in the ER in anaphylaxis shock – horribly swollen, covered in hives from knees to scalp, my blood pressure all over the place.
I spent a week in the hospital and in that time lost a week’s pay because I couldn’t drive my bus.
I was finally released, but still in enough reaction and on enough antihistamines that I’m out a second week.
All of this is bad enough, and using the local food bank it would have been uncomfortably tight but manageable.
But the minivan started making a horrible sound. I asked friends for a decent mechanic they trust and brought him the van with my fingers crossed, hoping it was not more than $300.
That’s not the case. Of course not.
The gas cap was cracked and leaking emissions setting off the sensors. That I fixed because it was all I can afford.
The AC compressor is exploding into the tensioner and belt, which will throw the rod. The rod and belt are both damaged at this point and need replacing. The oil pan is cracked and leaking. The struts are shot and need replacing, and to add insult to injury, my two front tires are dangerously bald.
The mechanic says he can limp it for $1700 or fix it soundly for $2500.
It is my only vehicle. I’m a single mom with a disabled kid that’s on the dependent side. I don’t have family that can help me.
This is a dire hour here. Please, please, please help me fix this car. It’s all I have to get to work or get us anywhere.
I appreciate everything you can do to help, even if it’s just passing this around.
If you prefer straight paypal: https://www.paypal.me/SeamusMoray
Or if you’re in NJ and you fix cars and want to do a good deed, please. Anything.
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