I'm a Daughter-in-Law of a Paralytic Who Needs Help!!!!

When I first met my husband in high school when I was 16, I formed a great bond of friendship with him. It wasn't until I knew him for 8 months that I saw his parents cheering his band on as he played at a town festival. His dad was in a wheelchair, and I started to think, "Woah. Maybe I am not as close to him as I thought I was that he never told me about his dad's situation."

I asked what happened to his dad. When my husband was only 7, and his sister 3, his dad had a tumor in his spine which caused him to lose all movement from his lower ribs down to his toes. His dad was in the hospital most of his life, missing out on a lot of his children's growth. In my husband's later teen years, he was at home more often, which is when I came into the picture.

Here's a picture of me (the bride) with my husband Rob and his family 12 years ago.

My father-in-law has never complained about his situation. He is really kind. He will talk your ear off and loves to socialize and talk, but he has been confined to a hospital bed for two years. The only other time before this that he was in the hospital for an extended period of time since I have known him for 16 years of his 26 years paralyzed, was in 2005 when he was in a care facility for a few months and nearly died. These past two years he also nearly died a couple of times. A few years before he was in the hospital due to a heart attack. Most all of his family other than his dad did not make it past the age of 47, but he continues to keep up a good attitude and makes it through at 60.

What is killing my husband and I is that we have two sons. They have memories with their "Opa" (grandfather) but have been unable to visit their grandfather for these two years because kids under 12 are not allowed into the hospital. They talk to him through skype every so often. Here are a few pictures of my father-in-law with my sons.

My father-in-law had really great health insurance coverage, but now they are dropping covering him because he's been in need for so long. He wants to come home, but they are going to be stacking up these crazy bills. My in-laws lived in apartments and duplexes up until a few years ago when they finally were able to buy their first house, which was a dream come true. My husband's mom has been working at the same job since she was in her twenties and had been the only one to provide money for all these issues. My father-in-law was an architectural designer before he was paralyzed, and he also designed a wheelchair lift for the WTC in the 90s. Due to all his issues with bed sores and infections over the years, hospitalizations, and the medication he was under, he couldn't continue on his job. He plays the organ and has recorded music. He loves doing so and sings very well too (though his voice has never been recorded).

I ask that you please go to @robsteady's original post where he said that he will send money through upvotes there or here to his dad's donation page. He already had transferred some over. I understand that a lot of people might create stories, and we wish that none of this is real, but it is. I am posting pictures of my father-in-law for you to see how happy he is to be around his family. He needs to see us all. He needs to come home and have some medical help. The more upvotes this post or the original post gets, the more we can help out his dad. We don't have a lot of money ourselves and are fond of cyrpto currency. Please use it to help those in desperate need.
Here's the latest update on my father-in-law posted on July 26th.

If you want to donate directly to his You Caring page, you can do that too.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. Spread the word!!