Monday, September 12, 2011

At times, I just want to die...

Diego Manuel's younger brother brought by a letter just now. A very depressed Diego Manuel wrote that he is at the end of his patience. All that happened lately, the bad luck with his broken leg and the horrendous pains that just don't seem to go away are getting too much for him.
At times, all I want to do is die and get it over with, he says.
It is hard to comprehend what he has been going through lately.
And a 24 year old father just doesn't like to be in bed for months in a row.
Today, thanks to donations from Dave, john and James, I was able to buy some pain medicine.
Hopefully, it will make him feel a little better.

If you'd like to send him an uplifting message, please do so. Everything helps to keep his spirits up.
He was so looking forward to going back to college, but with only a couple of months left in the school year, it doesn't seem likely that he will pass to the next level.
He did find a professor that can tutor him privately, but all the odds are against him. He charges $25 a week. Money he doesn't have. On top of the money they owe the hospital still.
He left the hospital early as to save money on the medical costs.
I doubt it if was a wise decision
He feels so ashamed that he has been begging for money and would like to pay everybody back, but he wouldn't know how.
I tried to explain that the people who donated the money gave it from their hearts and never expected to be paid back.
I have been lucky to never have had a depression, but it seems like he's in a downwards spiraling way of negative thinking. He doesn't know what to do, and to be honest, I don't know how to help him either.
Any positive messages or anything that can drag him out of here are more than welcome.

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