The Rachael Ward Fund
Donation protected
Rachael Ward is 27 years old and lives in Salem, Virginia with her young son, Andrew. She is the niece of Andy Leitzinger, a URS Ft. Washington employee. Rachael is in desperate need of a heart transplant. She began having heart problems consistent with congestive heart failure. It was determined that she had a cardiac aneurysm where the heart wall weakened, thinned out and ballooned, making it impossible to pump blood properly. She underwent emergency open-heart surgery to graft a mesh material to prevent the aneurysm from rupturing. Since the surgery, she has recieved blood transfusions a couple of times a week to keep her alive until she can recieve a donor heart.
We are raising money for Rachael to help her with the burden of co-payments, weekly treatments and transfusions, and travel expenses to and from the UVA Hospital. Any help that can be provided would be tremendously appreciated!
We are raising money for Rachael to help her with the burden of co-payments, weekly treatments and transfusions, and travel expenses to and from the UVA Hospital. Any help that can be provided would be tremendously appreciated!
Organizer
Mandi Miller
Organizer
Harrisburg, PA