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RILEY JANE POWERS IS THE DAUGHTER OF JULIE POWERS, A WOMAN WHO AT THE AGE OF 38 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 4 BREAST CANCER. JULIE HAS THREE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO WERE ALL UNDER THE AGE OF 5 AT THE TIME. JULIE BATTLED THIS DISEASE THROUGH A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY, CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION TREATMENTS AND A COMPLETE HYSTERECTOMY. THE DOCTORS HAVE SAID THAT SHE IS FREE OF BREAST CANCER. HOWEVER, IN THE SADDEST TWIST OF FATE, JULIE DEVELOPED STAGE 4 THYROID CANCER AFTER HER ORDEAL. AND SO, WITH HER EVER PRESENT SMILE AND PERPETUAL OPTIMISM, JULIE HAD SURGERY TO REMOVE HER THYROID AND LYMPH NODES SURROUNDING IT. AT THE AGE OF 40, JULIE HAD LIVED THROUGH TWO SEPARATE KINDS OF CANCER, BOTH STAGE 4. SHE REMAINED THE LOVING , KIND PERSON SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HER CHILDREN.
RECENTLY, AT A REGULAR CHECKUP FOR HER CHILDRENS' DENTAL HEALTH WITH DISTINCT ATTENTION GEARED TO RILEY, WHO HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT WHILE EATING, IT WAS LEARNED THAT RILEY, HER 6 YEAR OLD MIDDLE CHILD, HAD POORLY FORMED AND INADEQUATE ENAMEL ON HER BABY TEETH AND HER ADULT TEETH. SINCE RILEY WAS BORN, SHE SUFFERED FROM ASTHMA AND SEVERE ALLERGIES. THE STERIOD AND REGULAR BREATHING TREATMENTS TO COMBAT THESE CONDITIONS VERY OFTEN PREVENTS ENAMEL FROM FORMING. THIS DAMAGE IS SIGNIFICANT IN RILEY'S CASE SINCE SHE HAS BEEN RECEIVING THESE MEDICATIONS SINCE BIRTH. AS A RESULT, RILEY HAS TO HAVE SURGERY TO CAP ALL OF HER EXISTING TEETH SO THAT SHE IS NOT IN PAIN WHEN SHE EATS OR DRINKS. THIS SURGERY IS NOT COVERED BY JULIE'S INSURANCE. MAJOR MEDICAL, IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM, HAS DENIED THE CLAIM. SO THE EXPENSE TO FIX RILEY'S TEETH IS COMING OUT OF POCKET. OF COURSE, WITH THE ONGOING TREATMENT JULIE IS GOING THROUGH THE EXPENSE IS OVERWHELMING AND NOT A DOABLE THING.
WE HAVE CREATED THIS "GO FUND ME" PAGE IN AN EFFORT TO RAISE THE MONEY REQUIRED FOR RILEY'S SURGERY. JULIE HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH IN HER YOUNG LIFE AND SHE HAS DEALT WITH IT ALL AS A CHAMPION. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HER CHILDREN (AS MOST OF US ARE) SHE IS HEARTBROKEN ABOUT RILEY AND AT A LOSS TO FUND HER SURGERY. ANY DONATIONS TO THIS FUND WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND WE ALL THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.
RECENTLY, AT A REGULAR CHECKUP FOR HER CHILDRENS' DENTAL HEALTH WITH DISTINCT ATTENTION GEARED TO RILEY, WHO HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT WHILE EATING, IT WAS LEARNED THAT RILEY, HER 6 YEAR OLD MIDDLE CHILD, HAD POORLY FORMED AND INADEQUATE ENAMEL ON HER BABY TEETH AND HER ADULT TEETH. SINCE RILEY WAS BORN, SHE SUFFERED FROM ASTHMA AND SEVERE ALLERGIES. THE STERIOD AND REGULAR BREATHING TREATMENTS TO COMBAT THESE CONDITIONS VERY OFTEN PREVENTS ENAMEL FROM FORMING. THIS DAMAGE IS SIGNIFICANT IN RILEY'S CASE SINCE SHE HAS BEEN RECEIVING THESE MEDICATIONS SINCE BIRTH. AS A RESULT, RILEY HAS TO HAVE SURGERY TO CAP ALL OF HER EXISTING TEETH SO THAT SHE IS NOT IN PAIN WHEN SHE EATS OR DRINKS. THIS SURGERY IS NOT COVERED BY JULIE'S INSURANCE. MAJOR MEDICAL, IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM, HAS DENIED THE CLAIM. SO THE EXPENSE TO FIX RILEY'S TEETH IS COMING OUT OF POCKET. OF COURSE, WITH THE ONGOING TREATMENT JULIE IS GOING THROUGH THE EXPENSE IS OVERWHELMING AND NOT A DOABLE THING.
WE HAVE CREATED THIS "GO FUND ME" PAGE IN AN EFFORT TO RAISE THE MONEY REQUIRED FOR RILEY'S SURGERY. JULIE HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH IN HER YOUNG LIFE AND SHE HAS DEALT WITH IT ALL AS A CHAMPION. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HER CHILDREN (AS MOST OF US ARE) SHE IS HEARTBROKEN ABOUT RILEY AND AT A LOSS TO FUND HER SURGERY. ANY DONATIONS TO THIS FUND WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND WE ALL THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.