Retired Architect, 80, Forced to Bag Groceries as Medical Bills, Promise to Dying Wife Leave Him Broke
A former big shot architect was forced to bag groceries after mounting medical bills and a promise he made to his dying wife left him broke.
Utah resident Gary Saling, 80, has spent years working four days a week at Smith’s Market in St. George – though a well-deserved retirement might be on the horizon thanks to the generosity of others.
The senior citizen started the job in December 2020 about six months after the death of his wife, Carol, from two forms of dementia – including the rare, aggressive Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. . .
“I promised myself, God, her, her brother, her son and daughter, (her stepsons), I promised them I would not put her in a nursing home,” Saling told The Post on Sunday. “I’d keep her at home and I kept it.”
The devotion led to skyrocketing at-home care costs, which totaled $80,000 including other medical bills the two faced over the years. (Read more from “Retired Architect, 80, Forced to Bag Groceries as Medical Bills, Promise to Dying Wife Leave Him Broke” HERE)
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