1 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:16,359 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Tenderfoot TV podcast for girls. Hey, 2 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 1: happy holidays, everybody. I have some really sad news to report. 3 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:25,519 Speaker 1: My father, Kenny, is currently homeless and he's out on 4 00:00:25,599 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: the streets. He has been for a while. He was 5 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: kicked out of his apartment a couple months ago, and 6 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: he's been in and out of hospitals and shelters dealing 7 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:39,639 Speaker 1: with some very serious PTSD, I guess, and has been 8 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: having mental breakdowns and this hallucinating and having like flashbacks, 9 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: and he's just an absolute wreck. And I've been doing 10 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: everything I possibly can for the past year to help 11 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: this guy get back on track, paying for his rent, 12 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: I bought him a car, I bought him a new 13 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: phone because he lost his phone, and I've been paying 14 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 1: his utilities. And it's just been a constant battle, and 15 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: it's been very, very overwhelming for me and my family 16 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 1: to be basically be the only people that are carrying 17 00:01:14,359 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: this burden for him. And I am terrified that if 18 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: I just say no more, Dad, no more, I've had enough. 19 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know, something terrible will happen. 20 00:01:24,199 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: And just so you know what I'm talking about, I'd 21 00:01:29,479 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: like to play a couple voice memos that he sent 22 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,719 Speaker 1: me over the past week. 23 00:01:36,199 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: All those voices you hear back. There are nurses, a 24 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: million nurses up here. I still need help, man. I 25 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: still get horrible dreams. I still get violence. I still 26 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: can't tell reality from what's not real. I get visual 27 00:01:55,359 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 2: hallucinations and audible hallucinations still. And they're all from fighting, 28 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: and they're all from fighting and shooting and killing. I 29 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 2: could talk to him as they're dead because they got 30 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,839 Speaker 2: a big bullet in their fucking throat, and I could 31 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 2: talk to him and we have a conversation and we 32 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: apologize for killing each other or for trying to kill 33 00:02:24,359 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 2: each other. It sucks, man. You don't know how bad 34 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: it sucks. You don't know how bad it is to 35 00:02:36,679 --> 00:02:40,119 Speaker 2: take somebody with half his head blown off and talk 36 00:02:40,239 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 2: to him and tell him you're sorry for that, and 37 00:02:45,959 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: he smiles that she says it's okay, ken, I understand 38 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 2: it was war. But I can't do that, man. I 39 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 2: don't know how the guts. I just don't like dealing 40 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 2: with the dead, but the dead deal with me. And 41 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 2: it's all because of the night. It's all because of 42 00:03:12,239 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 2: horrible dreams. It's all because of the violence at night, 43 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,119 Speaker 2: I'm gonna stop goodbye. 44 00:03:27,239 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, and so here here's another one that's more about 45 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: his homeless situation and what he's gonna do after he 46 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: gets out of the hospital. 47 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be homeless again in the next couple of days. 48 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 2: I have nowhere to go. DSS doesn't even know what 49 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 2: to do with me. I gotta have my car, at 50 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:56,119 Speaker 2: least I can live in that. I'm going to leave 51 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 2: this hospital with nothing. I'll have shoes, pants, and a sweatshirt, 52 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 2: and over the sweatshirt, I'll have a flannel and that's it. 53 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 2: And where am I going to go from there? I 54 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 2: have no idea. Probably some shelter if I could find one. 55 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 2: I just, hey, an dealt a bad hand. I'm a 56 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 2: fucking loser. You guys would delt good hands. Your winners, 57 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 2: take advantage of it, learn by my fucking mistakes, and 58 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 2: then your life will be good. But I am I'm just. 59 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 2: I have no luck, I have no nothing, I am nothing. 60 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 2: I can't do this anymore. 61 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: So, Yeah, it's bleak. I feel like I'm completely out 62 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: of options with him. The only thing I can think 63 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: of doing it is is this. I'm embarrassed and I'm humbled, 64 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: but I'm I'm asking for support. I set up a 65 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: golf on me account to help you get him the 66 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: care and help that he needs. You can go to 67 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: GoFundMe dot com slash cook County and donate if you 68 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: want to, or share this with people who you might 69 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 1: think could help or would be interested. But I'm just 70 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: desperate at this point. I don't know what to do. 71 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: I don't know. I just hope that at some point 72 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: this guy can get the care he needs and have 73 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: a productive life again. 74 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 2: Thank you.