I think it is so important for everyone to know how overwhelming this would be for anyone, but suffering from the chronic pain of an uncurable illness, acute pain from a major surgery, and dealing with the bag itself, made her journey unbelievably HARD. Harrison was amazingly strong but Allison is/was a force of nature.❤
@@vickicali this struck me the most out of this story. my dad had UC and his colon ruptured in 2009. he almost lost his life. he was the most sick person i’ve ever seen. it took him over a year before he was semi healthy again. allison was absolutely fighting for her life. and the mental weight of these changes and decisions on top of the physical agony, not even mentioning the situation with her husband. what she went through would be challenging in even the best circumstances, let alone compounded with the rest.
YES, Greg being his cellmate was a GODSEND and also the fact that Greg, even after being released, remained his friend and supporter and advocator. SO AMAZING! That is a rarity.
My ex-husband is from Nicaragua……..and after spending quite a bit of time in country over the years, I absolutely understand the intensity and frustration involved with navigating a system that often makes no sense. Thank you for your bravery in sharing your story……….and please know that if you ever need a friend, I’m here for you always. 💕💚💙
Oh the stress of trying to find homes for your beloved pets on top of everything! As an animal lover, I know how heartbreaking that had to be. You did such a wonderful job finding solutions. Oh girl you had so much on your hands and heart.😢
Oh my gosh, I'm not even through with the video & I'm so so sorry about your pet babies. I have no children so my dogs are basically my kids & one of them went missing a few weeks ago. She was only 7lbs. She was miraculously found after 11 days. She had lost half her body weight, was covered in burrs (thankfully, the soft Velcro kind, not the painful, prickly kind), multiple ticks & covered in mites. But otherwise unharmed. She survived a plethora of coyotes in the area somehow. I was a wreck, & was convinced after abt day 6 that she was gone. So given that, just 1 pet, and my being a mess... I can't imagine all your animals, your kids, your husband, your health... You're a survivor & a fighter & so is your husband. I'm so glad you are back in Canada. I hope your health is better. ❤❤❤
You are such an amazing person Allison. It’s so impressive how you were able to handle being sick while dealing with all of this. And the fur babies! It’s commendable how compassionate you are about those animals even when you had bigger fish to fry. This is a heartbreaking yet amazing story, honestly. You’re educating so many people.
You are truly the most amazing storyteller I've ever heard. I am easily able to stay on track with what is happening in the story.I have a whole image of this story in my head playing like a movie. This must become a book, show, series, movie or all 4. I'm so sorry about your fur babies. On top of everything going going, I think I would have absolutely lost my mind.
What a strong and beautiful woman you are.This was a nightmare not to be believed. I’m glad the end is near. Please let us know when the go fund me is ready, I will be contributing. I’m so proud of the person you are. Your children will be better people for seeing you and your husband so bravely go through this journey. Much love, Cheryl in Canada
It's so clear how much your care for and love your animals and how devastating it was to make the decisions you did. I'm just so thankful they are with people you know and you're able to get updates on them.
I think there is a lifetime of stories you will be having of how this has affected you and your family as your life continues back in Canada…you have clearly captured so many hearts and admiration as you share this!
Please put part 12 , it’s almost painful waiting for the final news. We all love you and your family, need to know the final outcome. Be assured that having gone through this horrible situation, you will be to overcome anything that comes your way in life. Your children will gain so much strength from seeing you face this and fight through it. This will keep your marriage strong, your husband seeing you fight for him every hour in spite of being so ill yourself. I have ulcerative colitis so I know the pain, made so much worse by stress.
I admire your love, courage and fortitude dealing with so many injustices at the same time that you are suffering with such a debilitating condition. I’m so sorry you and your family had to go through such a nightmare. I have watched all the chapters in your story and my heart breaks at every single one. God bless you and your lovely family.❤
What a story Allison! I’m in awe over all the hardships you have had to endure and all of this when you are recovering from the trauma of a life altering surgery! You are by far the strongest person I have ever seen! God bless you and your family! 💞
After the story, I hope you will do videos on your future plans (stay in Canada indefinitely?) and also your feeling about Nicaragua after everything. Thanks for sharing and so glad that this nightmare is finally over for you!
The mountain 🏔️ of stressors that you have survived through is amazing!!! I’m sure that when you are in the middle of everything, you would just do what you had to do, to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Just one of the multitude of things that were happening to you in a foreign country, where you didn’t speak the language would be stressful enough. As a nurse, I can really understand how difficult it is to deal with acute and chronic pre & post operative pain with your condition. This combined with the tremendous amount of stress related to an ostomy bag that randomly leaks stool all over your clothes at the most inconvenient times, while trying to learn how to clean and reattach the bag. All of this happening while your husband is incarcerated in horrible living conditions. Your kids are in another country, you are trying to get ready to sell your home and trying to find homes for your beloved animals. I wonder how long it took you to unwind from everything that you went through. You really have super human strength to get through this whole situation!!!
I can't imagine going through any of this, but i definitely can't imagine doing it all while having and recovering from major abdominal surgery, that's brutal.
"Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” I believe that quote includes animals and our pets. You did well by your pets in my mind.
I'm sure your kids were thrilled to see some of the cats come home. I'm sorry you had to rehime the other pets, at least you found them a place to go. I'm so surprised that Greg and his wife took a dog and still remain to live there... I can't believe you went through all of these life changing decisions and life altering surgery on your own.. I know your MIL was there.. thank God for that.
You are a very good story teller and I’m always at full attention when a new video of yours drops. Something to note is that I’m certain it’s difficult to relay the magnitude of certain things. You are trying to convey a very weighted story that runs over 2 months and condensing that in spurts of short-ish length videos which isn’t easy. While I don’t think you are downplaying the severity of your illness I don’t think it’s possible to put into words how difficult it is to deal with a very serious illness, endure a major surgery and all the while focus on your husband’s incarceration. It takes a full year to fully hear from most major surgeries. I’m shocked that you were able to get through all of this trauma without some serious mental health setbacks. I hope you give yourself some much deserved credit for enduring all that you have. Lastly, I don’t know how long you and your husband have been married but it’s so beautiful how you much you love him. When you talk about getting notes from him or being able to visit the way your eyes dance is undeniable. Your tenacity for trying to get him released, sometimes even putting your own health at risk is a display of how deeply you love this man. It’s a beautiful thing.❤
The whole Story is so sad. Her health, her husband in prison and having to pay money out to the deceased family member is unbelievable. Then getting home for her pets, that is truly so devastating in addition to everything. I hope all works out ❤
I wish this had never happened to your family, I am so very sorry and please know that I admire your courage and strength, and that of your husband! Your story has definitely changed my definition of a “bad” day! Thank you for sharing your story, I wish nothing but happiness and peace to your family! You could truly write a book about this, it’s unimaginable what happened! Also, you told a very accurate account of the reality of UC. My son has it, the commercials on TV for meds, well, they certainly don’t tell the truth about UC and the fear of a toilet full of blood. 😢
When we built our house and could movie in, we adopted a dog from the local SOS Shelter. Not one day went by that our dog Piper wasn't with us in that house. After a year, it became evident that Piper needed a friend, , again since we were planning on living in Nicaragua full time, we adopted another dog named Rosie. And we LOST both of our sweet dogs because our Scam CONTRACTOR stole so much money, $85-90,000 from us that we couldn't afford to live. Even with no electric bill, no water bill and no rent or mortgage, at the end of the month we had maybe $10, after trying to pay down credit cards and friends that loaned us money, paying debt that he racked up, we had arrived in Nicaragua debt free. Meanwhile he owns 4 different work trucks, at least two big houses, a boat ect. When we were able to get out of Nicaragua, we had no money to bring the dogs with us. We had to find a friend to shelter them. THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING TO DO, to walk in the door and not see or hear them. Gut wrenching. Just another horrible memory from our time in Nicaragua.
So sorry about this. I’ve heard far too many of these horrific stories of swindling contractors. Now that you’re out of the country and free from retaliation, can you (even broadly) identify the contractor? I likewise hope Allison will eventually share the identity of her first lawyer, the scheming liar who put this whole harrowing nightmare in motion.
@@teynaranjas788 We are currently with council, have been for awhile, trying to either recoup a portion of our m oney or to throw his a** in jail. It wasn't just us he screwed over, many other families and other home owners. He also falsified Government Documents that can land him in jail for many years. And yes we have all the proof, tons of it. SO if you are in the SJDS area of Maderas or there abouts, beware and do your diligence to Vet the contractors you hire.
@@teynaranjas788 you are never “free” from retaliation. There was another well known contractor that threatened me, even after I left the country. All because I gave a heads up to someone wanting a quote. Truthful of course, and yes I have documents and photos.
@@allisonsjourney thank you. I know it pales In comparison but damn that was the last think I wanted to do. Just knowing that we were leaving them someplace unfamiliar was heartbreaking. And now the person that we left them with is moving from Managua to SJDS and said the landlord won’t let them bring them. So I don’t know what is going to happen to them. They were the sweetest girls. 😢
right?! I’m so impressed by the amazing support system she has. Definitely something a lot of people take for granted. A friend like Nicole is so hard to find anymore.
so sorry if i missed this part but did she explain when/why they decided to move back to Canada? totally understand not wanting to share the stuff about animals because of the trauma and possible judgment. i’m just wondering if i missed a legal reason they needed to leave the country or if it was for their sanity/healing
they basically did not want to live in the country after this whole thing. they also felt a bit unsafe due to someone in the community spying on them/claiming they were very wealthy to the deceased ones family. they moved back earlier in the summer. I think early june
@lifewithnicole3652 agreed!!! 😀 her and her friend did amazing with taking notes, I'm so invested in this story. I was commenting on the notes she was passing back and forth with her hubby. It was a silly comment 🤪 haha an after thought for sure but it maybhave helped his confusion with time while locked away ♡♡♡♡
I think it is so important for everyone to know how overwhelming this would be for anyone, but suffering from the chronic pain of an uncurable illness, acute pain from a major surgery, and dealing with the bag itself, made her journey unbelievably HARD. Harrison was amazingly strong but Allison is/was a force of nature.❤
Absolutely!!!
I’m glad that you pointed this out. Just dealing with an ostomy bag leaking stool all over your clothes is more stressful than anyone could imagine.
Thank you so much
@@vickicali this struck me the most out of this story. my dad had UC and his colon ruptured in 2009. he almost lost his life. he was the most sick person i’ve ever seen. it took him over a year before he was semi healthy again. allison was absolutely fighting for her life. and the mental weight of these changes and decisions on top of the physical agony, not even mentioning the situation with her husband. what she went through would be challenging in even the best circumstances, let alone compounded with the rest.
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YES, Greg being his cellmate was a GODSEND and also the fact that Greg, even after being released, remained his friend and supporter and advocator. SO AMAZING! That is a rarity.
Waiting for Harrison to walk through the door!
My ex-husband is from Nicaragua……..and after spending quite a bit of time in country over the years, I absolutely understand the intensity and frustration involved with navigating a system that often makes no sense.
Thank you for your bravery in sharing your story……….and please know that if you ever need a friend, I’m here for you always. 💕💚💙
Thank you so much
Oh the stress of trying to find homes for your beloved pets on top of everything! As an animal lover, I know how heartbreaking that had to be. You did such a wonderful job finding solutions. Oh girl you had so much on your hands and heart.😢
Thank you
I know this is heartbreaking 💔
Watching you rock yourself to self soothe while talking about the animals broke my heart❤
Oh my gosh, I'm not even through with the video & I'm so so sorry about your pet babies. I have no children so my dogs are basically my kids & one of them went missing a few weeks ago. She was only 7lbs. She was miraculously found after 11 days. She had lost half her body weight, was covered in burrs (thankfully, the soft Velcro kind, not the painful, prickly kind), multiple ticks & covered in mites. But otherwise unharmed. She survived a plethora of coyotes in the area somehow. I was a wreck, & was convinced after abt day 6 that she was gone.
So given that, just 1 pet, and my being a mess... I can't imagine all your animals, your kids, your husband, your health...
You're a survivor & a fighter & so is your husband. I'm so glad you are back in Canada. I hope your health is better. ❤❤❤
You are such an amazing person Allison. It’s so impressive how you were able to handle being sick while dealing with all of this. And the fur babies! It’s commendable how compassionate you are about those animals even when you had bigger fish to fry. This is a heartbreaking yet amazing story, honestly. You’re educating so many people.
Thank you
Well said!!
What a maze of frustration at every turn. 😢
You might honestly be the strongest woman I've ever encountered. I'm so sorry for both of you.
You saved these dogs lives!!! You did so well ❤❤
You are truly the most amazing storyteller I've ever heard. I am easily able to stay on track with what is happening in the story.I have a whole image of this story in my head playing like a movie. This must become a book, show, series, movie or all 4. I'm so sorry about your fur babies. On top of everything going going, I think I would have absolutely lost my mind.
What a strong and beautiful woman you are.This was a nightmare not to be believed. I’m glad the end is near. Please let us know when the go fund me is ready, I will be contributing. I’m so proud of the person you are. Your children will be better people for seeing you and your husband so bravely go through this journey. Much love, Cheryl in Canada
You can contribute to the GFM now, she shared the link in a video.
@@sweethomealamandaI can’t find the GoFund me for Allison
What is the name of the organizer
@@cherylb8298Nicole Moore
It's so clear how much your care for and love your animals and how devastating it was to make the decisions you did. I'm just so thankful they are with people you know and you're able to get updates on them.
I think there is a lifetime of stories you will be having of how this has affected you and your family as your life continues back in Canada…you have clearly captured so many hearts and admiration as you share this!
Please put part 12 , it’s almost painful waiting for the final news. We all love you and your family, need to know the final outcome. Be assured that having gone through this horrible situation, you will be to overcome anything that comes your way in life. Your children will gain so much strength from seeing you face this and fight through it. This will keep your marriage strong, your husband seeing you fight for him every hour in spite of being so ill yourself. I have ulcerative colitis so I know the pain, made so much worse by stress.
I admire your love, courage and fortitude dealing with so many injustices at the same time that you are suffering with such a debilitating condition.
I’m so sorry you and your family had to go through such a nightmare.
I have watched all the chapters in your story and my heart breaks at every single one.
God bless you and your lovely family.❤
Thank you
What a story Allison! I’m in awe over all the hardships you have had to endure and all of this when you are recovering from the trauma of a life altering surgery! You are by far the strongest person I have ever seen! God bless you and your family! 💞
Thank you
After the story, I hope you will do videos on your future plans (stay in Canada indefinitely?) and also your feeling about Nicaragua after everything. Thanks for sharing and so glad that this nightmare is finally over for you!
Thank you, I will try
Bless your heart for animals ❤
I really hope at the end we get to meet Harrison. ❤
Youre amazing allison i cant even begin to understand the stress and struggles you experienced harrison as well!!
I need a happy ending but I also hope you’ll still share more stories on here.
This makes me never want to travel out of the country. What an absolute nightmare.
Travel is great but choose your country wisely.
The mountain 🏔️ of stressors that you have survived through is amazing!!! I’m sure that when you are in the middle of everything, you would just do what you had to do, to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Just one of the multitude of things that were happening to you in a foreign country, where you didn’t speak the language would be stressful enough. As a nurse, I can really understand how difficult it is to deal with acute and chronic pre & post operative pain with your condition. This combined with the tremendous amount of stress related to an ostomy bag that randomly leaks stool all over your clothes at the most inconvenient times, while trying to learn how to clean and reattach the bag. All of this happening while your husband is incarcerated in horrible living conditions. Your kids are in another country, you are trying to get ready to sell your home and trying to find homes for your beloved animals. I wonder how long it took you to unwind from everything that you went through. You really have super human strength to get through this whole situation!!!
Thank you so much
I can't imagine going through any of this, but i definitely can't imagine doing it all while having and recovering from major abdominal surgery, that's brutal.
God bless you and your family ❤
"Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” I believe that quote includes animals and our pets. You did well by your pets in my mind.
I've always thought that as well ❤
Thank you
I'm sure your kids were thrilled to see some of the cats come home. I'm sorry you had to rehime the other pets, at least you found them a place to go.
I'm so surprised that Greg and his wife took a dog and still remain to live there...
I can't believe you went through all of these life changing decisions and life altering surgery on your own.. I know your MIL was there.. thank God for that.
You are a very good story teller and I’m always at full attention when a new video of yours drops.
Something to note is that I’m certain it’s difficult to relay the magnitude of certain things. You are trying to convey a very weighted story that runs over 2 months and condensing that in spurts of short-ish length videos which isn’t easy.
While I don’t think you are downplaying the severity of your illness I don’t think it’s possible to put into words how difficult it is to deal with a very serious illness, endure a major surgery and all the while focus on your husband’s incarceration. It takes a full year to fully hear from most major surgeries. I’m shocked that you were able to get through all of this trauma without some serious mental health setbacks. I hope you give yourself some much deserved credit for enduring all that you have.
Lastly, I don’t know how long you and your husband have been married but it’s so beautiful how you much you love him. When you talk about getting notes from him or being able to visit the way your eyes dance is undeniable. Your tenacity for trying to get him released, sometimes even putting your own health at risk is a display of how deeply you love this man. It’s a beautiful thing.❤
Thank you so much
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The whole Story is so sad. Her health, her husband in prison and having to pay money out to the deceased family member is unbelievable. Then getting home for her pets, that is truly so devastating in addition to everything. I hope all works out ❤
I wish this had never happened to your family, I am so very sorry and please know that I admire your courage and strength, and that of your husband! Your story has definitely changed my definition of a “bad” day! Thank you for sharing your story, I wish nothing but happiness and peace to your family! You could truly write a book about this, it’s unimaginable what happened! Also, you told a very accurate account of the reality of UC. My son has it, the commercials on TV for meds, well, they certainly don’t tell the truth about UC and the fear of a toilet full of blood. 😢
Just lost a hamster today. Minnie was a pearl winter white hamster, had sooty marks but noisy. I think she was blind.
Alison you should make some video shorts - cliffhangers - to get more people tobyour channel to gar your story and hopefully donate
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When we built our house and could movie in, we adopted a dog from the local SOS Shelter. Not one day went by that our dog Piper wasn't with us in that house. After a year, it became evident that Piper needed a friend, , again since we were planning on living in Nicaragua full time, we adopted another dog named Rosie. And we LOST both of our sweet dogs because our Scam CONTRACTOR stole so much money, $85-90,000 from us that we couldn't afford to live. Even with no electric bill, no water bill and no rent or mortgage, at the end of the month we had maybe $10, after trying to pay down credit cards and friends that loaned us money, paying debt that he racked up, we had arrived in Nicaragua debt free. Meanwhile he owns 4 different work trucks, at least two big houses, a boat ect. When we were able to get out of Nicaragua, we had no money to bring the dogs with us. We had to find a friend to shelter them. THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING TO DO, to walk in the door and not see or hear them. Gut wrenching. Just another horrible memory from our time in Nicaragua.
So sorry about this. I’ve heard far too many of these horrific stories of swindling contractors. Now that you’re out of the country and free from retaliation, can you (even broadly) identify the contractor? I likewise hope Allison will eventually share the identity of her first lawyer, the scheming liar who put this whole harrowing nightmare in motion.
@@teynaranjas788 We are currently with council, have been for awhile, trying to either recoup a portion of our m oney or to throw his a** in jail. It wasn't just us he screwed over, many other families and other home owners. He also falsified Government Documents that can land him in jail for many years. And yes we have all the proof, tons of it. SO if you are in the SJDS area of Maderas or there abouts, beware and do your diligence to Vet the contractors you hire.
@@teynaranjas788 you are never “free” from retaliation. There was another well known contractor that threatened me, even after I left the country. All because I gave a heads up to someone wanting a quote. Truthful of course, and yes I have documents and photos.
I am so sorry. That is truly awful.
@@allisonsjourney thank you. I know it pales In comparison but damn that was the last think I wanted to do. Just knowing that we were leaving them someplace unfamiliar was heartbreaking. And now the person that we left them with is moving from Managua to SJDS and said the landlord won’t let them bring them. So I don’t know what is going to happen to them. They were the sweetest girls. 😢
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Can we take a moment to recognize Nicole (the friend taking notes)? Without her we definitely wouldn’t get this level of detail.
right?! I’m so impressed by the amazing support system she has. Definitely something a lot of people take for granted. A friend like Nicole is so hard to find anymore.
She's honestly amazing. I'm so grateful that she is a part of my life.
so sorry if i missed this part but did she explain when/why they decided to move back to Canada? totally understand not wanting to share the stuff about animals because of the trauma and possible judgment. i’m just wondering if i missed a legal reason they needed to leave the country or if it was for their sanity/healing
they basically did not want to live in the country after this whole thing. they also felt a bit unsafe due to someone in the community spying on them/claiming they were very wealthy to the deceased ones family. they moved back earlier in the summer. I think early june
@@kateberman5110 thank you!! 🙏 i definitely would want to go back home too after this.
It's so hard to lose a pet 😢💔
So every time another lawyer got involved did they get paid. Your story is both amazing and so scary. I wish you and your family the best.
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Why are there so many lawyers there?!? Insanity.
I wonder if the reason her lawyer said do not go to the media, is because it would be a bad reflection of Nicaragua.
I hope you’re in therapy for all of this ❤
Thank you. We are.
ALLISON IF I COULD JUMP THROUGH MY PHONE SCREEN I WOULD GIVE YOU THE BIGGEST HUG EVER!!! ♥️XOXO🥰
Just to give you a heads up that you use Nathan’s real name at one point.
Thank you. I noticed too after I uploaded it, but I'm not worried about keeping his name private.
It's an after thought now however to bad your notes weren't dated 😢❤
Oh they were! The doc was organized by date and each day had all phone notes, text, audio message with time stamps in addition 😊
@lifewithnicole3652 agreed!!! 😀 her and her friend did amazing with taking notes, I'm so invested in this story. I was commenting on the notes she was passing back and forth with her hubby. It was a silly comment 🤪 haha an after thought for sure but it maybhave helped his confusion with time while locked away ♡♡♡♡
Do not leave home soil 👀🤷🏼♀️😆 I’m waiting for you to let us know that 😆 it’s critical.
I stopped as soon as you started talking about the animals 😟…. Can’t watch anymore
I was VERY worried too but they are all alive
But what about the humans?
Seems this story is a lot of the same info 🤦🏻♂️
Sadly, you guys were mined for your wealth. No way around it.
Why are you doing this? This is YOUR situation...why are you begging for money for YOUR situation.
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