Loved ones seeks financial loans for gas to drive daughter to cancer solutions

Abigail Adcox

July 15, 08:26 AM July 15, 08:26 AM

The parents of a teen battling cancer are having difficulties to keep up with costs amid soaring inflation fees, in some cases taking out small-expression loans to spend for gasoline to generate to her appointments.

Keith and Analiza Vincent said the family members now spends above $200 a week on gasoline to shuttle daughter Jinger Vincent, 15, from their property in rural Indiana to chemotherapy, surgical procedures, appointments, and physical therapy, which can be far more than an hour absent.

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"Let's pay out the mortgage loan first. Let's pay out the majority of the payments, but at the stop of the working day, I reported, 'Wait a minute. We do not have dollars for gas,'" Analiza Vincent told CBS News. "So I close up like heading by fast cash. Which is our very best close friend right now."

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The mother and father stated they also slice again on groceries and other expenses considering that their daughter's prognosis a yr ago. Jinger Vincent, a lifelong athlete right before her analysis, mentioned it was stress filled viewing her mother and father battle with charges.

"Having to look at them, 'We have to pay back this bill. We have to shell out that.' And I am downstairs and I listen to all of that. It just appears so tense, and I really feel negative for them," she reported.

The countrywide common selling price of gas is $4.58 for every gallon as of Friday, in accordance to AAA.

"We're not nervous about [it], even although we are not able to afford specified things. The major picture is her," Analiza Vincent stated.