Mya Zimmer's Final Expenses
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Mya Marie Zimmer was born to Dale and Sally Zimmer on January 9, 1991. Three months after she was born, Mya was diagnosed with the terminal illness, Cystic Fibrosis. Her only sibling, Robert, was also born with this terminal illness. Then, during Mya’s senior year of high school, her dad passed away unexpectedly, leaving the family with many medical bills. Mya’s mom worked 2-3 jobs just to be able to keep the house and have food on the table. Since graduating from high school with honors and a scholarship to Tulane University, Mya had attempted to attend college each semester, but had to drop out due to illness and continued hospital stays. Again, this became quite costly since she had to pay tuition, fees, books, etc. each semester, only to lose everything because she had to drop out. She tried her hardest, as she was always a dutiful scholar, but it just didn’t work out for her. Her dream was to one day get her college degree. Everyone’s hope for Mya was, once she received her new lungs, she would be able to live a full and normal life and be able to follow her dream and complete her college education.
After many hospital stays related to her Cystic Fibrosis, Mya was placed on the transplant list for a double lung surgery. On March 8, 2014, Mya received a perfect set of lungs and endured many hours in surgery, which turned out to be a successful transplant. She had to stay near the hospital for 3 months after the transplant, so that if her body began to reject the lungs, or whatever could happen, she would be near the hospital. Her mom, who is a school teacher, had to stop teaching to care for Mya full-time. This put a very big financial burden on the family. Fortunately, her brother, Robert, had a good job and was living at home, so he helped out financially as much as he could. So, that is when the “A Breath for Mya” fund was created. It became an avenue for people who wanted to donate to the family to help them out and all the funds came to one place.
After the transplant, Mya had approximately 7-8 good months of life, where she could do whatever she felt up to, including teaching dance – the number one love of her life. Then she began to have more frequent hospital stays, and bouts of pneumonia. Her health began to decline rapidly, then on July 21, 2015, Mya lost her battle with this terminal illness. The family was not prepared for this tragedy. Their hopes and prayers were for Mya to have a second double-lung transplant. But she became too weak to endure the travel and the surgery. The family had to purchase a place in which to bury Mya, as well as pay for all funeral expenses. Because Mya was born with this terminal illness, she was never eligible for life insurance. We have depleted the funds in the “Breath for Mya Fund”, and need additional funds to finish paying these expenses, as well as any medical or other bills that may surface since her death.
Please help this family with any donation you can. This is no ploy to raise money for a cruise or for fun. This is legitimate. You can go on Facebook and search for “A Breath for Mya Fund”. You will see pictures of this beautiful angel, as well as updates of her journey through these last couple of years. We will not be soliciting donations; we only need to have one safe place for donations to be made should someone want to help out.
Thank you all for anything you can give to help this family out. God bless you all!
After many hospital stays related to her Cystic Fibrosis, Mya was placed on the transplant list for a double lung surgery. On March 8, 2014, Mya received a perfect set of lungs and endured many hours in surgery, which turned out to be a successful transplant. She had to stay near the hospital for 3 months after the transplant, so that if her body began to reject the lungs, or whatever could happen, she would be near the hospital. Her mom, who is a school teacher, had to stop teaching to care for Mya full-time. This put a very big financial burden on the family. Fortunately, her brother, Robert, had a good job and was living at home, so he helped out financially as much as he could. So, that is when the “A Breath for Mya” fund was created. It became an avenue for people who wanted to donate to the family to help them out and all the funds came to one place.
After the transplant, Mya had approximately 7-8 good months of life, where she could do whatever she felt up to, including teaching dance – the number one love of her life. Then she began to have more frequent hospital stays, and bouts of pneumonia. Her health began to decline rapidly, then on July 21, 2015, Mya lost her battle with this terminal illness. The family was not prepared for this tragedy. Their hopes and prayers were for Mya to have a second double-lung transplant. But she became too weak to endure the travel and the surgery. The family had to purchase a place in which to bury Mya, as well as pay for all funeral expenses. Because Mya was born with this terminal illness, she was never eligible for life insurance. We have depleted the funds in the “Breath for Mya Fund”, and need additional funds to finish paying these expenses, as well as any medical or other bills that may surface since her death.
Please help this family with any donation you can. This is no ploy to raise money for a cruise or for fun. This is legitimate. You can go on Facebook and search for “A Breath for Mya Fund”. You will see pictures of this beautiful angel, as well as updates of her journey through these last couple of years. We will not be soliciting donations; we only need to have one safe place for donations to be made should someone want to help out.
Thank you all for anything you can give to help this family out. God bless you all!
Organizer
Pat LeMoine
Organizer
Lutcher, LA