http://austinist.com/2014/01/08/man_sells_restaurant_to_help_employ.php
When Michael De Beyer found out his uninsured 19-year-old employee had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, he decided to sell his authentic German restaurant—aptly named Kaiserhof Restaurant and Wunderbar—to help her pay for treatment.
"I just can't be standing by and doing nothing," De Beyer told KHOU. "I have to try something because it's not right."
Brittany Mathis, who works at De Beyer's restaurant in Montgomery, Texas with her mother and older sister, first went to the doctor to have a rash checked out. "I went to the hospital and found out it was my blood clotting," Mathis said. "So, they wanted to keep me and do CAT scans and MRIs and the next day they came in and told me I had a tumor."
De Beyer is now putting his 6,000 square foot restaurant up for sale to help Mathis and her family cover medical bills, which are quickly piling up. He's owned the restaurant for 17 years and previously turned down a $1.3 million buyout offer.
Mathis has a family history of brain cancer—her father died from an undiagnosed brain tumor in 2000.
"I really think it’s an amazing blessing and can't thank him enough and his family," Mathis said. "Never thought that anybody would do that and he did and it makes me feel really good."
When Michael De Beyer found out his uninsured 19-year-old employee had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, he decided to sell his authentic German restaurant—aptly named Kaiserhof Restaurant and Wunderbar—to help her pay for treatment.
"I just can't be standing by and doing nothing," De Beyer told KHOU. "I have to try something because it's not right."
Brittany Mathis, who works at De Beyer's restaurant in Montgomery, Texas with her mother and older sister, first went to the doctor to have a rash checked out. "I went to the hospital and found out it was my blood clotting," Mathis said. "So, they wanted to keep me and do CAT scans and MRIs and the next day they came in and told me I had a tumor."
De Beyer is now putting his 6,000 square foot restaurant up for sale to help Mathis and her family cover medical bills, which are quickly piling up. He's owned the restaurant for 17 years and previously turned down a $1.3 million buyout offer.
Mathis has a family history of brain cancer—her father died from an undiagnosed brain tumor in 2000.
"I really think it’s an amazing blessing and can't thank him enough and his family," Mathis said. "Never thought that anybody would do that and he did and it makes me feel really good."