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Help Anika Fight Leukemia Cancer!

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I am Anika McFarland and I am now 41 years old. Because of this I am asking for your help:

How it all started
Two years ago I noticed a bruise on a Friday night. I didn't think anything of it. Who doesn't get a bruise here and there? Just that I kept having more and more. By Monday morning I had about 10 large bruises. And they were painful! My husband took me to the doctor that day. It was his birthday. On Wednesday I was in the hospital with Leukemia cancer. Upon arrival I was asked if I had a will. I didn't. But it showed me how serious my situation was.

I stayed 5 weeks in the hospital. My husband Jerry visited me every day. Once he even was allowed to bring my dogs. 

Month of chemotherapy followed.

In remission
The great news came in November of 2016. The cancer was in remission.
I was cautioned that I needed ongoing treatment for at least two more years. 

The cost of cancer
The cost of cancer is not only financial. It's also deeply emitional and marked by many losses.

Due to the cost of the deductibles I lost my horse, Lilly. I owned her for more than six years, but simply could not afford the cost any longer.

Slowly, despite me working full time and having insurance, we slipped deeper and deeper into debt.
The treatments are ongoing. As I am writing this I am on another round of chemotherapy.

I am having to have my bone marrow tested several times a year also. The last time the hospital charged over $15,000 for this procedure. My deductible was over $3,000. 

I am still paying for the five weeks of hospital stay. All bills and deductibles and cost for medication just get added onto this. 

How you can help
I am asking for your help in covering my deductibles and medical bills that are still ongoing. 

100% of all donations will go to that.

Any amount will help.

If you can't help with money, please consider sharing my story and the link to this GoFundMe campaign.

I also compiled a list on my blog on other ways to help:
https://dragonflyonthemoon.blogspot.com/2018/03/books-help-and-chemotherapy.htm

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Anika McFarland
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Bennington, NE

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