a Breath for Jennifer
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This is Jennifer Dietz Stmartin Sayre. I call her “Shorty”. She is the most amazing person I have ever met and my hero. Three years ago she blessed me with the gift of marriage. Two years ago she was diagnosed with a chronic lung disease. It has never been fully diagnosed we only know COPD and sarcoidosis, but something else they think. We were told she would be around for a shorter time, but at least ten years. Unfortunately, that no longer seems to be the case as her disease has rapidly progressed. She is on oxygen 24/7 and enough medication to make a meal. Still she never complains and makes the most of every day. The doctors have told us her only hope at this point is a lung transplant. IU cardiac lung transplant group has accepted her for a double lung transplant.
We have been told the bills will be overwhelming and we should start a fundraiser. Jennifer has told me she would rather not burden me or her family and just “let the thing take its course.” While I am grateful for every moment I have had with her, I can’t help but think it is only money and life means so much more than that. So, I will continue working so long as I need to, and I and her family are making provisions and plans to give her care and relocate her nearer to IU as they have stipulated. Already the testing done has exceeded $26,000 dollars, and we still have the transplant, a week in intensive care and a month in the hospital. Not to mention aftercare and a life time of expensive anti-rejection medication.
So from the bottom of my heart thank you for any help you might be able to provide. We have a new grandbaby coming into the world this November and 4 other young grandchildren who need the magic only grandma can provide (chocolate pancakes). As for me, I so need the sweet loving keeper of my soul with all her smiles and magic she brings me… my “Shorty”
We have been told the bills will be overwhelming and we should start a fundraiser. Jennifer has told me she would rather not burden me or her family and just “let the thing take its course.” While I am grateful for every moment I have had with her, I can’t help but think it is only money and life means so much more than that. So, I will continue working so long as I need to, and I and her family are making provisions and plans to give her care and relocate her nearer to IU as they have stipulated. Already the testing done has exceeded $26,000 dollars, and we still have the transplant, a week in intensive care and a month in the hospital. Not to mention aftercare and a life time of expensive anti-rejection medication.
So from the bottom of my heart thank you for any help you might be able to provide. We have a new grandbaby coming into the world this November and 4 other young grandchildren who need the magic only grandma can provide (chocolate pancakes). As for me, I so need the sweet loving keeper of my soul with all her smiles and magic she brings me… my “Shorty”
Organizer
Leslie Carey Wilson
Organizer
Knightstown, IN