CANCER PATIENT WITH WEEKS TO LIVE EXTENDS FAVOR TO HIS FAMILY!
Doctors told 69 Year Old Kenneth Broskey that he had a few weeks left.
He had been diagnosed with stage four oropharyngeal cancer with lung
metastases. This was devastating news for him as well as his family.
Doctors suggested he seek out hospice care, but Broskey wasn’t willing
to leave his family behind with $95,000 left on the mortgage. To help
pay off his house he started driving for Uber. He knew his daughter and
two grandchildren would lose the house if he didn’t try to do something."Once I pass away, chances are my daughter, who’s a part-time waitress
at a small restaurant in Livonia, will lose the house we live in
because she won’t be able to afford it anymore,” Broskey said. “So I’m
doing everything for her and my grandkids at this point. When you find
out you’re dying, you realize your family and friends are so important.”
He was hoping to make what he could with the time he had left, not realizing his next customer would make all the difference.
Cab drivers have been known to have incredible stories, but when
Roland Gainer was picked up by Broskey he got more than a story.
“I was asking him if he liked Uber driving and then he explained how
much he loved it because he got to meet new people, and it was also
helping him earn extra money before dying because he had head, tongue
and throat cancer,” Gainer said. “I felt super-compelled to help him.”
And help he did.
Gainer started a GoFundMe
page appropriately named, “The Ride of His Life” with the goal of
raising $95,000 to cover what was left on his mortgage so his family
could keep the house once he was gone. They didn’t raise $95,000…no they
raised $100,000…in just 5 days.
“We have reached our goal (including the fee for Go Fund Me), and
thank everyone for the generous outpouring of support,” Gainer wrote on
the Go Fund Me page. “As a result, we will be able to save Ken’s house
for his daughter and grandchildren. Because we have achieved our goal,
and there is such great need in all of our communities, we are declining
further donations to allow other causes to be supported. We sincerely
thank and appreciate everyone for their contributions. We ask that you
keep Ken in your prayers, and we will keep you up-to-date!”
Gainer, a 22 year old college student, remains close with Broskey. “I
admire him so much,” Gainer said. “His love for his family is
limitless. This man is dying of cancer, and yet he’s still out there
driving an Uber cab just for his family every day. That’s indescribable
love.”
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