A mother’s love for her daughter’s pain

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Hey everyone, I’m Kathy and I’m trying to raise money for a very special young lady. Who’s been so many things to me. She’s been my rock, nurse, most trusted confidant, best friend, full on defender, hero and so much more. She is my daughter Mia Flores. As all mother’s do I have cared for her almost her entire life whether it be in a physical way or more recently through emotional support. She has constantly had to battle this horrible skin condition which most know as eczema. Throughout her battle she has been as strong as one little person could possibly be from being a toddler to now in her adulthood. As a parent to a child who has any type of medical issues would truly understand, I would not sleep at night just to hold her arms down to keep her from scratching but, she would eventually scratch and get to the point where she bled from her cuts. It is so hard to watch my whole world just suffer and ask me in tears why she just couldn’t be normal like all the other kids. This broke my heart, but again, I had to show her that I was strong so she too could get through those challenging times. Her dermatologist prescribed her with triamcinolone, a steroid based cream/ ointment in order to combat the effects of having eczema which did help for a while until they needed to up the dosage of steroids every few years because her skin would get used to the medication. What the dermatologist didn’t tell me is that she would need to be using it for the foreseeable future not explaining the long term affects. Fast forward to today, Mia is 27 years of age and is not only still fighting her skin condition but also going through topical steroid withdrawal (TSW), a new challenge for her as she has built a huge tolerance against the steroids she’s been taking almost her entire life. Now she has no other choice but to see a specialist that unfortunately is not covered through medical insurance, another uphill battle. On top of all of this she just had a baby boy. I see her pain as she suffers in silence feeling like an unfit mom because she cannot bathe her own son without using gloves as the water alone is damaging to her skin and which adds more torment to her life. Each day she tries to be as what she refers to as “normal”.

I’m asking you all for something that has almost been foreign to me my ENTIRE life and that is for help. Please if you can, there isn’t any amount too small and we would truly appreciate any help we could get for her. I wouldn’t ever ask for myself, but for her I would do absolutely anything.

P.S. if you are unable to give, please share. Monetarily prayers are also very much appreciated.