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My name is Anna and I am setting up this GoFundMe to raise money for my sister Athena. Athena is a loving wife, and a devoted mother of three children-Zach 21, Jada 13, and Maria 5. She works as a health care aid in Calgary and has dedicated her life to helping others. Everyone that knows her knows how big her heart is, and now she needs our help!!
A month ago, Athena went to the doctor because she found a lump in her breast. Her doctor sent her for a mammogram, and ultrasound and they found several tumors in her breast. She had biopsies done on the largest tumors, and they determined it was cancer. Two weeks ago, she bravely underwent a full mastectomy, reconstruction and lymph node biopsy. She was thrown curve ball after curve ball since the surgery. The reconstruction failed and she faces another major surgery Aug 12 to undo the reconstruction and close her wounds. Athena has faced all of this with unwavering strength, taking everything in stride.
However, today she received the results of the lymph node biopsies and was devastated to find out that her cancer is Stage 3, and it has metastasized. The next few weeks will include bone scans and cat scans to see where the cancer has spread. A couple weeks after her surgery on Aug 12, she will need to begin Chemotherapy. Her doctor has warned her that it will not be pleasant and that her journey will be rough.
Athena lives in Calgary, and she does not have a family support system in place. The money raised from this GoFundMe will be used to cover the relocation costs for Athena and her family to move back to NB where she has many friends and family that can help her during her battle. Please donate as soon as possible, as she will need to move as soon as she can travel after her next surgery.
Please share and help Athena kick cancer's ass!!
A month ago, Athena went to the doctor because she found a lump in her breast. Her doctor sent her for a mammogram, and ultrasound and they found several tumors in her breast. She had biopsies done on the largest tumors, and they determined it was cancer. Two weeks ago, she bravely underwent a full mastectomy, reconstruction and lymph node biopsy. She was thrown curve ball after curve ball since the surgery. The reconstruction failed and she faces another major surgery Aug 12 to undo the reconstruction and close her wounds. Athena has faced all of this with unwavering strength, taking everything in stride.
However, today she received the results of the lymph node biopsies and was devastated to find out that her cancer is Stage 3, and it has metastasized. The next few weeks will include bone scans and cat scans to see where the cancer has spread. A couple weeks after her surgery on Aug 12, she will need to begin Chemotherapy. Her doctor has warned her that it will not be pleasant and that her journey will be rough.
Athena lives in Calgary, and she does not have a family support system in place. The money raised from this GoFundMe will be used to cover the relocation costs for Athena and her family to move back to NB where she has many friends and family that can help her during her battle. Please donate as soon as possible, as she will need to move as soon as she can travel after her next surgery.
Please share and help Athena kick cancer's ass!!
Organizer and beneficiary
Anna Haines Fields
Organizer
Saint John, NB
Athena Buran
Beneficiary