Jamie's Fight

My daughter Jamie is battling late-stage chronic Lyme disease, as well as a bacterial infection (Borrelia Miyamoto) in her brain and joints, and Alpha-Gal, which creates an allergy to any product containing a mammalian ingredient. All of these conditions resulted from a tick bite when she was young. Her condition went largely unnoticed by her physician and us for almost five years until her symptoms began worsening, to include non-epileptic seizures, constant debilitating pain, muscle convulsions, loss of basic motor skills, recurring panic attacks, hallucinations, and nervous tics. But even after dozens of trips to different primary physicians, emergency rooms and specialists, rural doctors were unable to identify the cause. Her symptoms had become so extreme that most medical professionals were convinced she was making them up. This left us devastated, disheartened, and deeply in debt. Her worsening condition and lack of answers forced us to seek treatment outside conventional medicine. Her condition had declined so far by this point that she was unable to walk on her own, speak, or communicate very well. We were blessed by our church family, who referred us to a group of functional wellness doctors a few towns over, who were able to identify and begin treating Jamie. Unfortunately, the treatments are very expensive, and insurance is not accepted. Moreover, they require immediate payment in order to receive treatment. Jamie is doing much better after just a few treatments, but will require weekly visits for up to three years and an unimaginable amount of medicine to take every day, likely for the rest of her life. I do not make enough at my full-time job to provide the required funds to treat her, so I began investigative medical testing to help offset the cost. Unfortunately, I simply cannot keep up. It breaks my heart as a father to see her suffering and to feel like I cannot provide enough on my own to help my daughter when she is in the greatest of need. Jamie has begun baking cookies and other goods when she is well enough to do so, to sell to members of our church as a fund-raiser. I am humbled beyond all measure to be put into a place in my life that I cannot work my way out of, but my little girl is sick, and I will do anything to see her well again. She has been forced to give up so much of her life to these ailments, and I will not stop until she is healthy and happy again. I ask in all humility, and for the first time in my life, for help. Not for me, but for this sweet little girl who does not deserve this. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Please pray for our family, and for Jamie.