Hi everyone. This is my first post and I'm nervous to ask this question (money issues make me so uncomfortable), but I need honest unbiased advice.
My father has Multiple Sclerosis and lives in a nursing home in Massachusetts. My fiancé and I are getting married in Texas. We cannot have the wedding in Massachusetts, so this would not be an option...
I am a nanny, and my fiancé works in an office...so we don't really have a lot of money coming in. I would very much like my father to be at my wedding and "roll me down the isle." However, he would not be able to attend the wedding without a Qualified Nurse/Personal Care Assistant to help with all travel to/from Texas, assisting him with all his medical needs. My family is divorced, disabled, and they don't have a lot of money. I would be flying them all in to Texas for a few days, which I am able to do financially. However, the Personal Care Assistant will cost beyond what I might be able to save for. Having my father attend the wedding, the cost of his PCA's salary, their lodging, transportation will cost about $5,000.
Would it be completely tacky to set up a Go Fund Me page for my Dad requesting for monetary assistance to cover his needs for a PCA? A friend recommended that my father set it up..I don't know though. MS sucks. I just want my Dad at the wedding. He has great friends who I know would donate to get in there.
I can afford his travel and all his accommodations, but it's the salary of the nurse that is going to be nearly impossible. I just can't imagine my Dad not being there though...Is a Go Fund Me page a good idea?