Abel is getting sicker. I know this sounds like bad news but it actually is good news for him getting the transplant. At the time I am writing this he has thrown up twice in the last hour. Since we got home around 9 or 9:30 he has thrown up about 4-5 times.
Last night we went out to eat at Taco Villa. He assures me that it was the food that made him sick. I assure him it was not the food, it is his liver.
The process is as I can see it very clearly; He is able to eat, but causes him to throw up, which causes him to not want to eat; which causes him to lose weight. This means he will be (and already has been) getting weaker.
It is discouraging for both of us but we also know the sicker he is, the faster he will get the transplant. That perspective brings us some hope.
Taken 1/20/11
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
2 Fundraisers planned
So far the 2 fundraisers I know of are:
1. Caprock luncheon on February 14th. Not sure of any details at this point but will post as I have information. You also may contact April W. for more information.
2. February 13th there will be a Valentine dinner at a local church. I will post more information as it becomes available. Will need to make reservations for this and tickets are $15 from my understanding. Let me know if you want more information. Abel and/or I may go and speak. Depends on if he/we are in Dallas at the time or not.
Coming soon.....Blue Sky night and Rosa's Cafe night too.
I have also never used pay pal before. Trying to work out all the kinks. If you have donated money.....thank you. We will get it. We will probably try something else tomorrow, if it still isn't working. Please be patient with this. Thanks to our donors!! We greatly appreciate your donation and your patience!!!
1. Caprock luncheon on February 14th. Not sure of any details at this point but will post as I have information. You also may contact April W. for more information.
2. February 13th there will be a Valentine dinner at a local church. I will post more information as it becomes available. Will need to make reservations for this and tickets are $15 from my understanding. Let me know if you want more information. Abel and/or I may go and speak. Depends on if he/we are in Dallas at the time or not.
Coming soon.....Blue Sky night and Rosa's Cafe night too.
I have also never used pay pal before. Trying to work out all the kinks. If you have donated money.....thank you. We will get it. We will probably try something else tomorrow, if it still isn't working. Please be patient with this. Thanks to our donors!! We greatly appreciate your donation and your patience!!!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
WONDERFUL NEWS
First thing you should notice is at the top of the page you will see the amount of the fundraising goal has dropped drastically. The reason is because today insurance agreed that this was not a preexisting condition. This means that insurance WILL PAY for Abel's liver transplant. This eases so much of the financial burden for us. This money also does not have to be paid before the surgery. WHEW!!!
We had obviously been very stressed and worried about this. Now we are sooooo thankful!!!! The next step is waiting for the doctor in Dallas to call us and let us know when to go. Abel will be there for 1 week for testing to see if he qualifies to be put on the transplant list. Then it will just be waiting for him to reach the top of the list and also a donor.
Our and your prayers have been answered and we are so thankful!!! Please continue to pray as it will still be a long road of recovery but it will be much better now. This is a huge praise and please share the update and continue to pray. Our God is an awesome God!!!
We had obviously been very stressed and worried about this. Now we are sooooo thankful!!!! The next step is waiting for the doctor in Dallas to call us and let us know when to go. Abel will be there for 1 week for testing to see if he qualifies to be put on the transplant list. Then it will just be waiting for him to reach the top of the list and also a donor.
Our and your prayers have been answered and we are so thankful!!! Please continue to pray as it will still be a long road of recovery but it will be much better now. This is a huge praise and please share the update and continue to pray. Our God is an awesome God!!!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Fundraising Queens
Ok. It is now official. I have 2 fundraising gurus that are working very hard. Depending on where you are will depend on who you need to turn to.
If you are at church talk to Patsy Browning. She is organizing fundraisers and working hard night and day. She is dedicated and passionate about ministering to others. Ever since this "roadtrip" began Patsy has been brainstorming ideas and offering her services. Thanks so much for your tireless work!!!
If you are at Caprock talk to April Wolterstorff. She approached me today saying everyone was asking her for updates, she might as well get "officially" in the loop. We had a very short time to talk today but she has a lot of great ideas. I will be communicating frequently with both of these invaluable women.
Neither of these ladies were asked to do anything. Both of them have volunteered their time and energy into these fundraising ideas. Very thankful for their giving hearts and their (weird) love for fundraising!!!Thank you to Patsy and April!!
Nothing great happened this afternoon. Hopefully will have some more news on Monday or Tuesday of next week. Check back then. Have a great weekend!!!
If you are at church talk to Patsy Browning. She is organizing fundraisers and working hard night and day. She is dedicated and passionate about ministering to others. Ever since this "roadtrip" began Patsy has been brainstorming ideas and offering her services. Thanks so much for your tireless work!!!
If you are at Caprock talk to April Wolterstorff. She approached me today saying everyone was asking her for updates, she might as well get "officially" in the loop. We had a very short time to talk today but she has a lot of great ideas. I will be communicating frequently with both of these invaluable women.
Neither of these ladies were asked to do anything. Both of them have volunteered their time and energy into these fundraising ideas. Very thankful for their giving hearts and their (weird) love for fundraising!!!Thank you to Patsy and April!!
Nothing great happened this afternoon. Hopefully will have some more news on Monday or Tuesday of next week. Check back then. Have a great weekend!!!
Making progress
Talked with the woman from insurance. She said "I don't want to give you a false hope, but this doesn't look like preexisting to me". Then she went on and explained that she was not the one to make that final decision. She explained that there will be a doctor hired to look at everything and discuss with others from insurance to help them decide. That being said the ball is rolling.
Also, my dad has called the House of Representatives here in the state of Texas. Talked with someone who will call the insurance company. They also gave dad some other alternatives as far as paying for a liver transplant.
Dad also said he would call the Senate of Texas as well and try to get some more information from them.
Although the news was good from the insurance....we still have to plan and assume they will not pay. When they decide to pay or not to pay, then we will be ready to proceed as needed.
Hope to post more news tonight as it comes in throughout the day.
Also, my dad has called the House of Representatives here in the state of Texas. Talked with someone who will call the insurance company. They also gave dad some other alternatives as far as paying for a liver transplant.
Dad also said he would call the Senate of Texas as well and try to get some more information from them.
Although the news was good from the insurance....we still have to plan and assume they will not pay. When they decide to pay or not to pay, then we will be ready to proceed as needed.
Hope to post more news tonight as it comes in throughout the day.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
This is the letter I sent out to friends and family this week.
1/14/11
My husband, Abel Torres, desperately needs a liver transplant and we just found out last Friday. We had no idea until November that anything was wrong. All the sudden he began turning yellow. He had no symptoms until this happened. Turns out he has nonalcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. He has been very healthy up until this point but has started to decrease in health. Insurance has not declined payment, but they are saying it is a pre-existing condition. If insurance declines his surgery, we have VERY LITTLE TIME to raise $250,000. This money would be used to save his life. Any amount raised over that amount would be used for expenses like previous doctor’s appointments and housing for the 3 month stay in Dallas after surgery.
My husband is an absolutely AMAZING husband. He is very giving and has such a good heart. People meet him and they just love him immediately. He has a great personality and loves people. Our daughter Karla, is 18 year s old and attends Amarillo College. She moved here (to Amarillo) and attended Fannin Middle School and last year graduated from Caprock High School.
We have been active in our church (Paramount Baptist Deaf Church) for many years. Our pastor (Darrell Bonjour) and his wife (GayLynn Bonjour) have been very supportive of our family over the years and especially recently. We are strong Christians and believe that God can and will heal Abel. Our prayer is that he will be healed here on this earth. We know that God is a good God and a faithful God. We have no doubt that God is using this trial to increase our faith. We will stand strong with God’s help.
We are asking that if you can spare even 10 dollars that you could deposit into to an account we have set up at Education Credit Union and say his name. The account will come up and they will know which account to deposit it into.
You also may use abelandkristy.blogspot.com . Click on the donate button.
Please know that your donation is saving my husband’s life. Thank you so much for your generosity.
Kristy Torres
My husband, Abel Torres, desperately needs a liver transplant and we just found out last Friday. We had no idea until November that anything was wrong. All the sudden he began turning yellow. He had no symptoms until this happened. Turns out he has nonalcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. He has been very healthy up until this point but has started to decrease in health. Insurance has not declined payment, but they are saying it is a pre-existing condition. If insurance declines his surgery, we have VERY LITTLE TIME to raise $250,000. This money would be used to save his life. Any amount raised over that amount would be used for expenses like previous doctor’s appointments and housing for the 3 month stay in Dallas after surgery.
My husband is an absolutely AMAZING husband. He is very giving and has such a good heart. People meet him and they just love him immediately. He has a great personality and loves people. Our daughter Karla, is 18 year s old and attends Amarillo College. She moved here (to Amarillo) and attended Fannin Middle School and last year graduated from Caprock High School.
We have been active in our church (Paramount Baptist Deaf Church) for many years. Our pastor (Darrell Bonjour) and his wife (GayLynn Bonjour) have been very supportive of our family over the years and especially recently. We are strong Christians and believe that God can and will heal Abel. Our prayer is that he will be healed here on this earth. We know that God is a good God and a faithful God. We have no doubt that God is using this trial to increase our faith. We will stand strong with God’s help.
We are asking that if you can spare even 10 dollars that you could deposit into to an account we have set up at Education Credit Union and say his name. The account will come up and they will know which account to deposit it into.
You also may use abelandkristy.blogspot.com . Click on the donate button.
Please know that your donation is saving my husband’s life. Thank you so much for your generosity.
Kristy Torres
Doctor vs. Insurance
Today when I called the doctor's, they said that insurance has denied the claim since Jan 10th. Insurance will be called tomorrow. I did call but they were already closed for the day. I left a message so hopefully they will call me back tomorrow morning. It gets really confusing with the insurance blaming the doctor and the doctor blaming insurance. The blame game doesn't accomplish much. Really don't know what tomorrow holds but we shall find out soon enough!! We should get some answers tomorrow. Dad should be coming soon and Papo and Alfredo will be coming next month. Can't wait to see them. YEAH!!! :) Hope to have more information tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Talked with someone from the insurance company today. They said that they are waiting for the doctor in Dallas to send all the information so they can make their decision. Hopefully they will get it soon. We need as much time to fund raise as possible. I guess we are currently fund raising anyway....despite the lack of decision. I told Abel today that I could easily let him die and get millions of dollars but I REFUSE!!!!! I told him I would MUCH rather have him than ALL the money in the world!!!
People at school were very supportive today. The principal sent out a note that I had written. It was incredibly thoughtful of her!!! I really appreciated it and emailed her to thank her as well.
I called our caseworker on Friday and told her the situation and asked her what I needed to do. Today she responded that we needed to return the kids case files and wait and see what happens. The kids will be put on hold right now (in our books not theirs) pending Abel's health situation. We assured them that we still wanted the kids and hoped to be able to work everything out to adopt. That was kinda a bummer but we had to do it.
We did get some donations today. For that, I am very thankful $125 to be exact. Also...all of that money came from this site. How exciting!!! I don't even know who one of the givers was....but God knows and He will bless. Thanks so much for your giving.
Something that cracks me up is the fact that one of my friends (Krista) and one of her coworkers emailed Dr. Phil and Oprah. I had already emailed them (probably a couple of weeks ago) but have not heard anything (duh). I had no clue they were emailing them too. Very funny!! I want them to know what a GREAT guy Abel is.
Last night we also went to prayer at Trinity Fellowship for healing. It was a neat time and they prayed for Abel in 3 ways. 1. liver 2. deafness 3. diabetes. The only problem I had was their prayer for healing for his deafness. Even if he got healed of his deafness....wouldn't I still have to sign to communicate with him???
That's all the news for today. I will also post the letter that I sent out yesterday sometime this week.
People at school were very supportive today. The principal sent out a note that I had written. It was incredibly thoughtful of her!!! I really appreciated it and emailed her to thank her as well.
I called our caseworker on Friday and told her the situation and asked her what I needed to do. Today she responded that we needed to return the kids case files and wait and see what happens. The kids will be put on hold right now (in our books not theirs) pending Abel's health situation. We assured them that we still wanted the kids and hoped to be able to work everything out to adopt. That was kinda a bummer but we had to do it.
We did get some donations today. For that, I am very thankful $125 to be exact. Also...all of that money came from this site. How exciting!!! I don't even know who one of the givers was....but God knows and He will bless. Thanks so much for your giving.
Something that cracks me up is the fact that one of my friends (Krista) and one of her coworkers emailed Dr. Phil and Oprah. I had already emailed them (probably a couple of weeks ago) but have not heard anything (duh). I had no clue they were emailing them too. Very funny!! I want them to know what a GREAT guy Abel is.
Last night we also went to prayer at Trinity Fellowship for healing. It was a neat time and they prayed for Abel in 3 ways. 1. liver 2. deafness 3. diabetes. The only problem I had was their prayer for healing for his deafness. Even if he got healed of his deafness....wouldn't I still have to sign to communicate with him???
That's all the news for today. I will also post the letter that I sent out yesterday sometime this week.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
My husband has nonalcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. He needs to be put on the liver transplant list but this is not happening until we come up with $250,000 or insurance agrees to pay. Either one of these would be great feats for my husband's health and will honestly save his life. If you could help out even a little we would be eternally grateful. His life is in God's hands and we are also doing everything we possibly can. Prayer changes things and our prayer is that God will save his life. Thank you for your donation. I will post a letter later that I will be sending out to some friends and family.
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