Fund Tracy's Parkinson's Treatment
Tax deductible
Tracy Walker Steele Parkinson's Foundation.
This fundraiser exists in our Tracy Walker Steele Foundation to pay for support, travel, and expenses to the Booth Gardner Parkinson's Research Center in Seattle, WA.
1. For travel expenses and caregiving staff on the road to and from the facility. For living expenses for the duration of her stay and any medical expenses which may not be covered by insurance.
2. We are raising money for ongoing therapy support and training once she is home. There is no guarantee how long recovery from the surgery will take. This will have to be determined by medical experts.
3. Tracy's diagnosis is that she has atypical Parkinson's, specifically Cortical Basal Ganglionic Degeneration.
This condition has left Tracy unable to walk and unable to use her hands. She has difficulties with speech and swallowing, rigidness in her arms and legs, and difficulty with communication. She has been dealing with the condition for 14 years from when she was just 32 years old. Current drug therapies are ineffective at improving her quality of life
The Booth Gardner Research Center, John Hopkins and The Brain Institute in Oregon are the major clinics that deal with her advanced form of Parkinson's. They have had success improving the quality of life for patients with advanced Parkinson's and offer the best hope for sustained improvement in her condition. This would offer significant improvements in the quality of her life.
The treatments offering the most hope and the ones Tracy is most excited about are deep brain stimulation and stem cell research. One involves the implantation of an electric pacemaker under her skin and microelectrodes being implanted in the brain. Increased electrical activity in areas of the brain affected by the disorder can help stimulate more normal operation of the body including swallowing, communication, walking and movement of the hands.
Stem cell research may offer opportunities for improved neurological function by offering the option
to grow healthy brain cells and inject them into the affected areas of the brain.
Tracy and I would like to express our profound thanks for your assistance in this fundraising effort. For further information please contact the foundation. Our address and phone number will be provided on our website. Sincerely Stephen Tracy Steele.
This fundraiser exists in our Tracy Walker Steele Foundation to pay for support, travel, and expenses to the Booth Gardner Parkinson's Research Center in Seattle, WA.
1. For travel expenses and caregiving staff on the road to and from the facility. For living expenses for the duration of her stay and any medical expenses which may not be covered by insurance.
2. We are raising money for ongoing therapy support and training once she is home. There is no guarantee how long recovery from the surgery will take. This will have to be determined by medical experts.
3. Tracy's diagnosis is that she has atypical Parkinson's, specifically Cortical Basal Ganglionic Degeneration.
This condition has left Tracy unable to walk and unable to use her hands. She has difficulties with speech and swallowing, rigidness in her arms and legs, and difficulty with communication. She has been dealing with the condition for 14 years from when she was just 32 years old. Current drug therapies are ineffective at improving her quality of life
The Booth Gardner Research Center, John Hopkins and The Brain Institute in Oregon are the major clinics that deal with her advanced form of Parkinson's. They have had success improving the quality of life for patients with advanced Parkinson's and offer the best hope for sustained improvement in her condition. This would offer significant improvements in the quality of her life.
The treatments offering the most hope and the ones Tracy is most excited about are deep brain stimulation and stem cell research. One involves the implantation of an electric pacemaker under her skin and microelectrodes being implanted in the brain. Increased electrical activity in areas of the brain affected by the disorder can help stimulate more normal operation of the body including swallowing, communication, walking and movement of the hands.
Stem cell research may offer opportunities for improved neurological function by offering the option
to grow healthy brain cells and inject them into the affected areas of the brain.
Tracy and I would like to express our profound thanks for your assistance in this fundraising effort. For further information please contact the foundation. Our address and phone number will be provided on our website. Sincerely Stephen Tracy Steele.
Organizer
Steven Steele
Organizer
Lynnwood, WA
The Tracy Steele Foundation For Parkinson's Research
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.
