Adena’s Fight
I’m Dena Jaworski and this fundraising page is to help my niece Adena and her mom (my sister Lori) with the financial burden that comes with fighting
cancer. Adena was born with a rare
genetic disorder called Nijmegen
Breakage Syndrome. This syndrome
involves her being immunocompromised, having microcephaly and having a
predisposition to certain cancers. On August 20, 2020, Adena was
diagnosed with a rare cancer called
dysgerminoma. Because of her rare genetic disorder treatment options are
limited due to the fact that she's
missing the gene that repairs damaged DNA. Adena requires a lot of medical
attention and has been hospitalized
multiple times. This causes my sister
to miss a lot of work. Although her
time off is covered by FMLA, it is
unpaid time off. The short paychecks
are making it very difficult for her to be
able to pay the necessary bills. I'm
hoping this page will help them in this
difficult time.
We wanted to throw an actual
fundraiser but because of the Rona
numbers increasing, we were having a difficult time finding a place that would even let us host an event of that size.
Any help would be very much
appreciated.