Before January 2nd of this year, Melanie was a healthy, active, happy wife and mom of two.

After working out the morning ofJanuary 2nd she started to feel light headed and dizzy. She began to have shortness of breath just walking up her stairs. Her heart started to beat so hard and fast she could feel it through every part of her body. When she stood again the next day things were spinning again, and each time she tried to complete any task her vision would start to go black and she would almost pass out. Everyday since then has been this way.

After multiple visits between five different doctors, on February 15th, Melanie finally received a diagnosis.

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

POTS is a blood circulation disorder, a form of dysautonomia — a disorder of the autonomic nervous system. This branch of the nervous system regulates functions we don’t consciously control, such as heart rate, blood pressure, sweating and body temperature.

Receiving this diagnoses has changed everything about Melanie’s life.

She had to leave her job as a nurse; a job she took so much pride in. She can’t clean the house, take care of her children, run errands, or take them to the park to play alone.

Her husband has taken over every household duty while he works full time. She is now on doctor number 21, and her diagnosis is one that they are telling her will never be better.

There are some very harsh medicines and invasive treatments that could possibly help her function a little better, but they are each a shot in the dark and there is no recovery possible.

Currently, her specialist is two hours away from home and providing once or twice a week treatments in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, and tilt table therapies. She has spent every week away from home in an attempt to try to rehab her body, but has had no success with this. This treatment alone has cost $8,000.

The only doctors giving her any hope are functional doctors who are out of state and do not utilize insurance because they don’t want to be declined to use the medicines they have seen be beneficial. It’s going to be very expensive, and it’s the only chance she has.

She has found a doctor who has had success in cases like hers, but he is located across the country, in Los Angeles, California.

This Doctor is the main focus of this fundraiser and the last option we have at getting Melanie her life back.

She has been debilitated and unable to work, so should there be any extra it will go toward the medical bills that have accrued during ruling out things that are going wrong with her and dozens of doctors visits, etc.

This doctor is the last hope for her having any quality of life, and being able to be a mom and wife again. He is hopeful that he can help, but his treatments will cost upward of $20,000-$30,000.

All travel fees and lodging to get her from South Carolina to California will also be out of pocket.

Please, we have begged and prayed for a miracle for my sweet, sweet friend. We have relied on faith to get this far.

I know this is a lofty fundraising goal. When Melanie received the cost of the two week medical care, her immediate response through her tears was “this is impossible. There is no way I can do this.”

But I truly believe that with God, all things are possible.

Any amount, even $1- there’s no amount too small.

We don’t have a timeline for this as the arrangements for treatment cannot be made until she has all the money she needs. But I am hoping we can make this happen for her by early 2022.

If you are unable to donate, we thank you for reading her story. Please share it. Please help us reach our goal to help Melanie and her beautiful family.

It truly would mean the world to us.

Thank you, and God bless ❤️