My son Nicholas always wanted to go to Nicholas restaurant. We could never afford it so we would never go and we would just keep promising him that someday we would eventually go. Finally it was his ninth birthday and we were going to head to Nicholas Restaurant, when my son Nicholas got deathly sick. He started puking blood on the car ride over.

At this point I told my husband to change directions and head for The Shriner’s Hospital for Children. As much as Nicholas was looking forward to that day, he was happy to go to the hospital. When we got there we found out that he would be ok, but would need surgery to remove his appendix. It hadn’t burst yet but the operation needed to be performed really soon. So the doctors put him under.

That’s when I contacted the insurance agency to let them know. They told me that since the case did not go under review they could not pay for it. So instead I looked online and found car title loans in Portland, Oregon to get the money I needed to pay for the surgery. Car title loans gave me money instantly and all I had to do was fill out the application.

We are still going to go to Nicholas Restaurant for Nicholas’ birthday. It just might have to wait a while.

-Donna S.

Portland, Oregon