Help Save Amber's Eyes

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read this. My friend Amber Hughes is a humble, sweet, loving  wife and mother of two. She is also an incredible artist and jewelry designer. A few years ago, Amber began to loose her eyesight in her left due to a rare eye condition, so rare that her doctor can't even specifically name what it is or why it is happening. Since then she has received monthly shots in her eye to keep more scar tissue from forming and further damaging her eyesight. She is now classified as legally blind in her left eye. On Christmas Eve 2012, she awoke and saw waves through her right eye for the first time. She was devastated, the condition is no longer isolated to just one eye.  As of now, she is in dire need to see  a specialist at the Mayo Clinic. If she does not get to a specialist soon, there is a chance she may loose all of her eyesight. Mayo Clinic requires $5000 in cash for her to get an appointment. The shots that keep scar tissue from forming and prolong her sight are $2000 a month, plus a $500 office visit charge. Add travel costs on top of that and things really begin to add up. At a minimum we would like to raise the $5000 to get her to the Mayo Clinic. Any excess of that would be a huge help with treatments and travel costs.  Here is an explanation in her own words: