Jaco quit work last August, when we had an advanced royalty payment through from my book which gave us enough money to live off for five months - time Jaco planned to spend working on developing his 'indie game studio' to make videogames full time. Unfortunately, at the same time, he became ill - when I eventually managed to convince him to get checked out he was at the point of fainting when he stood up. Turns out he had a bleeding stomach ulcer and his blood count had dropped significantly. The doctor wanted him to get a transfusion immediately but he declined and went for taking strong iron supplements instead (while treating the ulcer). It's stopped bleeding now, but anyone who's had anaemia knows how long it takes to recover from even a little anaemia, and his was terrible. His blood levels are climbing, but he hasn't had the energy needed to work full time so we're behind on our plans. He's started freelancing for the company he left last year, on a part-time basis, but we're still struggling.
I've put this off as long as I can but we really need the help. Jaco still can't work fast enough on his game projects to get stuff out there for sale to support us. We're close to being okay, but when you're poor the world works against you - missed payments mean more bank fees, bouncing fees, people nagging you for money, etc.
Our car is close to being paid off, and if we can clear that monthly payment every month we'll be in a much more stable place financially. There's only five more payments to go on it, but the extra monthly payment is just tipping us over our limit every month on our reduced income.
So if we can clear that, and not have to make that payment every month, it'd be a huge help. I hate asking, I know so many people who are struggling right now and I wish we were in the position where we could help and not ask for it. But such is life. :( If you can help us, there are no words for how grateful we'd be.