Mama Hwang / Stomach Cancer
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Hello,
My name is Alex and that is a photo of my mom, Hyang Sook Hwang. I love her. Everyone loves her. My brother, my dad, her church, people she does not even know all love her. Even though her English is not that great, she is able to speak so much kindness with her hands, her smile, her love and her amazing cooking.
So it breaks my heart to say that she is battling stomach cancer. To get up to date, please see my facebook posts first here, then here and finally here . Currently, she is at Samsung Hospital, South Korea after a successful surgery that removed the cancer (along with 2/3 of her stomach). The recovery has been painful but she is MAMA HWANG (and doing very well). However, the cancer has advanced locally to her lymph nodes. My dad, who has been by her side constantly with very little rest and a husband's heart that has encouraged us all, will be meeting with the doctors this coming Thursday (6/30) or Friday (7/1) to dicuss chemotherapy in Korea as that is what my mother wants to do.
This GoFundMe is primarily in response to the overwhelming words and outpouring from my friends and facebook community. Since we decided to forego the US health care system, all of my mother's hospital bills are out-of-pocket. Her admission to Samsung Hospital, all the scans, her successfull surgery and her current recovery will cost $13,000.
My brother, my dad and myself are doing all that we can (with the amazing help of her church, LA United Church) but we hope that you can help us.
There has already been so much support - emotionally, spiritually and financially. My mom has truly made her mark on so many people's lives. It is tough to hear but it is really times like these that remind us of the people we do have in our lives and to cherish every moment, every breath.
I really hope that for her next birthday, there will be as many of you as possible with my brother Paul helping her blow out the candles.
with love,
Alex, Paul and Michael Hwang
My name is Alex and that is a photo of my mom, Hyang Sook Hwang. I love her. Everyone loves her. My brother, my dad, her church, people she does not even know all love her. Even though her English is not that great, she is able to speak so much kindness with her hands, her smile, her love and her amazing cooking.
So it breaks my heart to say that she is battling stomach cancer. To get up to date, please see my facebook posts first here, then here and finally here . Currently, she is at Samsung Hospital, South Korea after a successful surgery that removed the cancer (along with 2/3 of her stomach). The recovery has been painful but she is MAMA HWANG (and doing very well). However, the cancer has advanced locally to her lymph nodes. My dad, who has been by her side constantly with very little rest and a husband's heart that has encouraged us all, will be meeting with the doctors this coming Thursday (6/30) or Friday (7/1) to dicuss chemotherapy in Korea as that is what my mother wants to do.
This GoFundMe is primarily in response to the overwhelming words and outpouring from my friends and facebook community. Since we decided to forego the US health care system, all of my mother's hospital bills are out-of-pocket. Her admission to Samsung Hospital, all the scans, her successfull surgery and her current recovery will cost $13,000.
My brother, my dad and myself are doing all that we can (with the amazing help of her church, LA United Church) but we hope that you can help us.
There has already been so much support - emotionally, spiritually and financially. My mom has truly made her mark on so many people's lives. It is tough to hear but it is really times like these that remind us of the people we do have in our lives and to cherish every moment, every breath.
I really hope that for her next birthday, there will be as many of you as possible with my brother Paul helping her blow out the candles.
with love,
Alex, Paul and Michael Hwang
Organizer
Alex Hwang
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
