Hi everyone, my name is Amanda. I am the daughter of the beautiful lady in the pic above. Her name is Helen or Nana. She just recently died, last Friday. June 27th, 2025, I was told at about 11:23pm. She died of Acute Respiratory Failure while lying in her bed next to her amazing husband Gary. With complications of Adenocarcinoma of the lung. (Lung Cancer). Back last Thanksgiving she would randomly call me and tell me she was having a hard time breathing and asked if anything was going around. RSV and Pneumonia were both pretty common at the time. This happened a few times a month until March when she had no choice and had to go to the ER. They thought Pneumonia at first the x-ray showed her entire right lung was blocked out of the x-ray. They talked to us, and they tried to suck out the fluid. The DR said there was no fluid which meant her lung was being blocked by a big mass, so we were immediately sent to Wausau hospital. While at Wausau Aspirus Hospital, they were able to suck the giant mass out of her lung. However, they said she had more Mass's that had spread. My amazing beautiful feisty tough mom was never big on hospitals, so she started Red-Light treatment at home. She would visit and she seemed ok a little weak at times maybe. The last visit though I will never forget. I am a CNA I work with a lot of this just with other families, not my own. That last visit though in my gut I knew she was lying to me. She was trying to be strong for me so I could focus on getting my husband home. She didn't want me to worry, though I wish she would've let me be there for her and help her. That was my mom, always being there for me always being strong. My mom was pretty young yet, only 61. She got to learn and be a lot of incredible things in life. She ran her own daycare when I was younger, she really loved that. She had great strength and patience. She was a realtor, home interior design. Oh my gosh my mom was stylish, and she always had an eye for every detail making a house a home. The way she dressed. She didn't grow up with money so finding the right piece for home or in how she dressed at a great price, that alone made her feel like she made it. Mommy didn't need to be rich to feel that way. She was helping out at "The Grandma Program" at Madison School in Stevens Point, WI before she got sick and couldn't work anymore. Being so young and very able we didn't have insurance or funeral benefits or anything like that. At the moment we have at $6,000.00 funeral bill and a $21,000.00 hospital bill. All of her social security is gone because Papa makes more so her social security just disappears, but we get stuck with the very large hospital bill. For this all I am asking is for help with the funeral bill. I am currently a "single" mom I have 2 boys I pay and do everything on my own. Papa is retired and well you know how living on a small set income is. So, we are asking for your help even if you can share this with people you know. Any help at all is very much appreciated. It took me a week to write this. Every time I start, I cry. I know so many of you have lost someone so important and close to your heart, but right now in this moment I feel like I am the only one who knows this pain, a level of pain I never knew existed and I'm sorry for those of you who do know this pain. I'm not sure how to keep going every day. I feel so lost in the world right now. My heart truly goes out to anyone who does know how this feels.