Kate's medical fund
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In February of 2016, Kate went to the doctor with symptoms resembling a sinus infection, and was given medicine to treat it. Still feeling sick in April, she went back to the doctor and was given even stronger meds to attack her symptoms. The second dose did not work, and by May she was severely sick with excrutiatingly painful facial flushing as if she were being burned with a hot poker. This flushing was all day every day. She even went 8 straight days without sleep at one point. That's not counting all of the other sleepless nights, those were just 8 consecutive days. As if this weren't bad enough she had a laundry list of other debilitating symptoms as well. The physical and mental toll this has taken on her immeasurable.
After 5 visits to the emergency room, in May alone, she was sent to an Endocronologist, Dermotologist, Rhuemotologist, and other various internists. She was told she had Lupus, Carcinoid syndrome, and that no one actually knew what the real diagnosis was.
Too sick, in May 2016, she had to stop working altogether.
After a month of being completely stymied, she started to see a Lyme specialist who confirmed to her that it was 100% Lyme disease, after performing the "Elisa" and "Western blot" bloodwork. Each visit to this specialist cost $250.00 just to walk through the door. Each test, cost about the same, and the supplements, vitamins, and medication she was prescribed was not covered by insurance, and came as an out of pocket expense of more than $500.00 per visit. Because the Lyme disease had been in her system for so long, it began to cause multiple co-infections.
She thought that the doctor she had found, who was knowledgable, and had given her answers, was the silver lining, but she wasn't getting any better.
Still unable to work, and spending every waking moment in front of a fan, and spritzing her face with sterile water to releive the excruciating pain, she spent the entire summer trying to cope with the fact that no one could help.
Finally after months of trying, she got into Yale New Haven hospital via the emergency room there. She stayed 5 days in the Hospital, and was finally able to see doctors that began a new treatment in September of 2016. This has been a long road, and she still has a long road ahead. As of February 2017 she is finally starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel with her health, but the financial burden is overwhelming.
Since she has been unable to work since May of 2016, and has seen over 50 doctors, and most of which were not covered by the supplemental insurance she has now acquired through Medicaid, she has a slew of doctor bills still piling up
Also, still too sick to work, she's depleted all of her savings, and our Mother and Father have been scrounging any extra income to help her pay her bills, student loans that can't be defered, and any other costs she has daily for medicine and her special "lyme diet."
Still continuing treatment under 3 specialists, she has been diagnosed with an "imbalance" in her nervous system, which is still not stabalized. Minor surgery every 4 weeks to try to bring her back to Homeostasis. (Normal life functioning) seems to be helping but it takes her 3 weeks to recover so she's left with one "normal" week per month until the treatment ends (which is not anytime soon.) She still cannot be in the heat/sun, or lie down flat without pain, and has been forced to sleep on the couch at my parents house. She has said she feels like a prisoner in her own body.
Had she been properly diagnosed in the first place, this result could've been avoided altogether, but now she lost an entire year of her life. She has only left the house to go to the doctor, or hospital since last May, and has lost 35 Lbs, and has become dispondent to ever becoming any better.
She's not a person who would EVER ask for handouts, she put herself through school, started her own business, and has paid her own bills since day one.
My little sister is one of the most amazing human beings to ever grace my life, and she DOES NOT deserve this, in any way shape or form. It breaks my heart to see her suffer, and although she's one of the strongest people I've ever met, she can't do this alone. I'm asking you to donate anything you can afford to give her. I'm asking you to reach out and help from deep in your heart. Kate does not want this, and I'm doing this because she deserves it. Please show her your gratitude and give her a second chance at life out of the confines of her bed. Thank you so much for your donation.
sincerely,
Mark Thorne
After 5 visits to the emergency room, in May alone, she was sent to an Endocronologist, Dermotologist, Rhuemotologist, and other various internists. She was told she had Lupus, Carcinoid syndrome, and that no one actually knew what the real diagnosis was.
Too sick, in May 2016, she had to stop working altogether.
After a month of being completely stymied, she started to see a Lyme specialist who confirmed to her that it was 100% Lyme disease, after performing the "Elisa" and "Western blot" bloodwork. Each visit to this specialist cost $250.00 just to walk through the door. Each test, cost about the same, and the supplements, vitamins, and medication she was prescribed was not covered by insurance, and came as an out of pocket expense of more than $500.00 per visit. Because the Lyme disease had been in her system for so long, it began to cause multiple co-infections.
She thought that the doctor she had found, who was knowledgable, and had given her answers, was the silver lining, but she wasn't getting any better.
Still unable to work, and spending every waking moment in front of a fan, and spritzing her face with sterile water to releive the excruciating pain, she spent the entire summer trying to cope with the fact that no one could help.
Finally after months of trying, she got into Yale New Haven hospital via the emergency room there. She stayed 5 days in the Hospital, and was finally able to see doctors that began a new treatment in September of 2016. This has been a long road, and she still has a long road ahead. As of February 2017 she is finally starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel with her health, but the financial burden is overwhelming.
Since she has been unable to work since May of 2016, and has seen over 50 doctors, and most of which were not covered by the supplemental insurance she has now acquired through Medicaid, she has a slew of doctor bills still piling up
Also, still too sick to work, she's depleted all of her savings, and our Mother and Father have been scrounging any extra income to help her pay her bills, student loans that can't be defered, and any other costs she has daily for medicine and her special "lyme diet."
Still continuing treatment under 3 specialists, she has been diagnosed with an "imbalance" in her nervous system, which is still not stabalized. Minor surgery every 4 weeks to try to bring her back to Homeostasis. (Normal life functioning) seems to be helping but it takes her 3 weeks to recover so she's left with one "normal" week per month until the treatment ends (which is not anytime soon.) She still cannot be in the heat/sun, or lie down flat without pain, and has been forced to sleep on the couch at my parents house. She has said she feels like a prisoner in her own body.
Had she been properly diagnosed in the first place, this result could've been avoided altogether, but now she lost an entire year of her life. She has only left the house to go to the doctor, or hospital since last May, and has lost 35 Lbs, and has become dispondent to ever becoming any better.
She's not a person who would EVER ask for handouts, she put herself through school, started her own business, and has paid her own bills since day one.
My little sister is one of the most amazing human beings to ever grace my life, and she DOES NOT deserve this, in any way shape or form. It breaks my heart to see her suffer, and although she's one of the strongest people I've ever met, she can't do this alone. I'm asking you to donate anything you can afford to give her. I'm asking you to reach out and help from deep in your heart. Kate does not want this, and I'm doing this because she deserves it. Please show her your gratitude and give her a second chance at life out of the confines of her bed. Thank you so much for your donation.
sincerely,
Mark Thorne
Organizer and beneficiary
Mark Thorne
Organizer
New Milford, CT
Kate Thorne
Beneficiary
