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Help Katie Firestone Battle Multiple Sclerosis

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Hi y’all! Our dear friend Katie Firestone, needs your help. At the beginning of June, after feeling numbness on the entire left side of her body for 3 days, Katie was admitted into the ER. Katie spent 5 days in the hospital getting test after test. Days of tests later, on June 13th 2020, in the middle of a pandemic, after being furloughed from her job, Katie was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. At the time Katie had 4 lesions on her brain, 2 were active. There is no cure for Multiple Sclerosis so finding the correct treatment path that works for Katie is the most important task at hand. Since her diagnosis Katie has been working with her doctors and MS Specialists to find the appropriate course of treatment for her life long condition. In August an MRI showed two new lesions, one on her brain and one on her spine. At this time, Katie’s case was deemed highly active by her specialist. She wasn’t responding to the initial course of treatment of at home injections of Glatopa. Katie was then switched to infusion therapy of Ocrevus, which is administered every 6 months. This form of therapy is working, but it leaves her extremely immunocompromised. She is especially susceptible to respiratory infections. And well.... Covid. As expected, a surprise medical diagnosis in the middle of a global pandemic is a major financial burden on a person. Katie needs your help. We are trying to raise $20,000 to help Katie with her medical costs and living expenses. When Katie got furloughed, she had to take a lower paying job in order to maintain any form of health insurance. Currently she is working 2 jobs and up to 60 hours a week to make ends meet. Working these kind of hours in an already stressful time while coping and trying to navigate a very serious illness is extremely hard on Katie’s health. MS is beyond taxing on the human body. Katie has used up all 12 weeks of her extended illness leave in the last 6 months, and then some. Because of missing work Katie is behind on her rent and bills and being threatened with eviction. She also needs help with her medical expenses and support for her doggie Winston. I know times are tough for everyone. But if you have anything to spare for our dear friend anything and everything is appreciated. On behalf of Katie, Thank-you for all your love and support!

I have been a friend of Katie's since she moved to New Orleans in 2017. Please help her to pay her back rent, upcoming rent through the year ($7k) , car payments ($2k), and get her medical bills paid($5k).
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  • Cole Lambert
    • $100
    • 4 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $100
    • 4 yrs
  • Cole Lambert
    • $25
    • 4 yrs
  • Jourdan Dyer
    • $50
    • 4 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $1,000
    • 4 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Andréa Katherine Glass
Organizer
New Orleans, LA
Katie Lynn Firestone
Beneficiary

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