I have a friend who is fighting the battle of her life: Her name is Socorro Crabbe.  Two major things (that I know of) define her:  she’s an amazing critical care nurse; and she’s an amazing single mom of two beautiful, autistic, special needs children.   She is just one of those people you meet who are always so positive and full of life.  The interesting thing is: to this very day, you would never know the battles she is facing in the background unless you pried a bit.   She is tough as nails with the heart of an angel.  She has touched so many lives including my own; and as I'm writing this, it is becoming more apparent, just how very special this girl really is.  Sometimes, you just don't really realize what you have until you've lost it or faced the possibility of losing it.

She gives everything: Socorro has always been there to help others; but right now, she's a bit broken and needs our help. She has some unique challenges she is facing. Her cancer is very aggressive, requiring multiple surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation.  

She's weaker now: During the various cycles of treatments, Socorro gets neutropenic with high fevers and, overall, becomes extremely ill.   Being neutropenic means the cancer treatments--in an effort to eradicate  cancer cells--have wiped out good immunity  cells as well. Since even catching a simple cold could become a major complication, at times, she cannot be around anyone (even her children); therefore, she's had to hire a nanny which she really can't afford.

Expenses are mounting up: Since she has basically no immune system... and with the ongoing treatments she is too weak to get around much... she cannot work. There are just a miriad of expenses she is facing.  Since she's the single mom of two beautiful special needs children, she has had to hire a nanny to help out. But the expenses are piling up.  I want her to focus on fighting cancer and not fighting bill collectors. The less impact she has from these external stressors, the more she can focus on fighting cancer. 

Please Act Today:   So how can you help? She’ll definitely take your prayers. But she also needs us to dig in our pockets (anything helps).  Socorro's body is weak right now.  Let her gain strength from us.  You  can donate by clicking the "Donate" button in the top right corner of this page.  

Please don't be Anonymous:   Many people are too humble to let their name appear as a donor.  It’s very admirable but please don’t do this.  It’s going to drive her crazy if she can’t thank each and every one of you.  But it also helps this effort go more viral by keeping real names and faces attached to this campaign.  So please use your real name.  And if you have a Facebook account--and you’re not signed in, after clicking the donate button--please click on the “Use Photo” link to use your Facebook profile picture.   

 How else can I help?:  Another way you can help tramendously, is by sharing this page with your contacts, your facebook, twitter,  and any other social media channels.  Here is the link:  http://www.gofundme.com/socorro

You can also help by distributing these flyers and posting them in public places.  You can print one out from these  PDF links:  

1.  Orange Coast Memorial: Flyer http://splink.biz/socorro_ocm_flyer

2.  General Flyer: http://splink.biz/socorro_general_flyer

3.  If you would like a location specific flyer made, I'll be glad to.  You can contact me via by clicking the link below the Donate button, above.

Thank you so much.