Anna Duba, the fight of her life!

I would like to introduce you to Anna Duba.  A mother, my mother, of 3. A nurse, a wife of 25 years. And most recently a grandma.  Anna has wanted to be a grandma for a while now. I think she had kind of lost hope. And then on June 6th, 2019 Natalia Streetman was born. My brother James gave her her wish. To say Anna loves and adores Natalia would be an understatement. Natalia is a huge bright spot in her life.  Anna loves life and takes advantage of all it has to offer. From saving for and taking an Alaskan cruise to just cruising with her and dads car club in their restored hot rod. Going to farmers markets and craft fairs. She is always doing something.  Anna worked at Annapolis Hospital (now Beaumont) in Wayne MI in the ICU unit for over 25 years. She then moved on to become Admissions director of a Nursing Home for 13 years. She was loved by her patients and their families. She took a job as a home health care nurse. Driving all around the state seeing and caring for patients. She now works from home in the insurance end of the medical field.  Anna is always doing for others. Going above and beyond any of her actual job description. She would go grocery shopping for her patients. Sometimes having 8 or 9 different orders in 1 trip. She drove a bus to help patients get to doctor appointments, shopping and other fun activities. She even arranged to take patients to a Tigers Baseball game. With the help of Tim Duba, her husband,  they took them on the bus and made sure they each had a wonderful day. She walked in the Susan G Komen breast cancer walk on behalf of her friend Cindy who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Anna has always taken care of everyone else and now she needs some help.  My mom, Anna, began to feel uncomfortable and pain in her stomach around March 2019. She went to the Gynecologist and was told there was nothing wrong. In May she went to yet another doctor and was giving pain medication.  In August she saw a urologist who started some testing. Due to some insurance issues she did not get a diagnosis until October.  On October 1, 2019 Anna was diagnosed with stage 3 Ovarian Cancer.  It was a devastating diagnosis to say the least. With other doctors finding nothing wrong it was shocking to find out it had been cancer all along.  Anna has already won a battle against Hepatitis C. Which she got from a blood transfusion she had when she gave birth to me. She faught that battle taking experimental medicine that had horrible side effects. Now she has another fight to win. The surgeon tried to remove the ovaries but after taking a look he recommended Chemotherapy first to make sure he can get it all when he does remove them . She has had 3 treatments to date and has 3 more to go. Then they will remove the ovaries.  The days after Chemo are the hardest for Anna. She has extreme pain for 3-4 days after a treatment. In addition to all the other side effects. I think the hair loss was especially hard on Anna. I video called her on Christmas Eve and she didn't want to do it at first because she didn't want me to see her. She is so uncomfortable in her own body she didn't even want her own daughter to see her. She eventually allowed it and all I saw was my beautiful, strong Mother. She tries to work everyday, but somedays after Chemo she is in so much pain she can't work. Her husband is disabled and hasn't been able to work in years. With the New Year came the restart of the insurance deductible and out of pocket costs. I have stated this campaign for her. To help with medical expenses and monthly expenses i.e. rent, electricity, water, food ect. Anna and her husband Tim would never do something like this for themselves. They don't ask for help especially where money is concerned. When I told my dad I was starting this he said "I am overwhelmed and speechless.  I don't know what to say. We were going just start selling our belongings." This cause means EVERYTHING to me because Anna Duba means Everything to me. While Anna is fighting the fight of her life taking some financial burden of of her would be truly AMAZING.  Prayers, good vibes and positive thoughts are appreciated. I would like to thank you in advance for any donations you are able to give. Our family will pay it forward. On behalf of myself Heather Jacobs (Anna's daughter), James Streetman (Anna's  Son), Sean Duba (Anna's son), Tim Duba (Anna's husband) and Natalie Streetman (Anna's 6 month old granddaughter) THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ HER STORY. And thank you for any help.  Your help will help her to keep fighting. Please share this with your friends and family.