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please take time to read this so you can understand what my sister is going Through on a daily basis please like her benefit page as well thanking you all in advance.. i know i have a lot of friends i do the best i can to like everything you invite me to please do the same this is my little sister my life..This is a go fund me for my sister little sister Amanda, she goes by Mandi to most. I want to give you a little information about her she is a 35-year-old wife and mother of 4. She has been suffering with Gastroparesis for about 6 years, she also has Crohns. Which yes there is a medication that can control Crohns however these two disease work against each other. In the past year and a half, her condition has gotten worse she went from weighing 182 lbs. to 110lbs. Her best friend is a gumbo pot and not for the reasons you think.
Amanda worked all her life she was a major income in her home until this disease took over her life, she was a manager for a parts department. She was told she needed to stay home cause this disease was not people friendly. She would throw up in front of customers and they couldn’t have that. She was very active before this took over her life. She and her husband always took the kids places whether it was the movies or festivals. Which now she can’t enjoy. She still cooks for her family even thou she can’t eat it herself. SHE IS A FIGHTER!!
Let me tell you all what she has been though already now do understand there is no cure. With Gastroparesis your stomach is paralyzed so she can’t eat the foods we eat everyday she is literally starving to death everything she eats are drinks comes back up which is causing so many other problems like kidney failure, liver and now she has to have her gallbladder taken out as well.
They started with putting her a feeding tube which was removed in a couple of months later. Now she has a gastric electrical stimulator, which is similar to a heart pacemaker for the stomach. The last surgery was plyorplasty which was to widen the opening of the stomach. Which none of these are working she is still unable to eat solid foods that you and I eat daily, she can’t even hold liquids down most of the time. Which is why she loves her gumbo pot, most of the time she cant even make it to the trash can or bathroom.
This money that we are trying to raise for her is so she can go to Denver Colorado at the mayo center which she was finally expected in, yes she has insurance but please know that they don’t and won’t pay for everything, you also have to take in to consideration there is still gas and other things. Plus, this also means her husband Scotty has to take off of work to get her to and from appointments plus the days that they have to stay in the hospital. So with this money she is hoping that she can just go back and forth to Denver without having to take the kids out of school and take them form the only home they have known. If she should have to move there this would also let them get started there until Scotty can find a job.
So please I understand times are hard but if you can please donate. If you can’t donate please I beg of you pray and share, share, and share again.
Organizer and beneficiary
Amanda Broussard
Beneficiary

