Help Barbara Fight Leukemia
Spende geschützt
Many of you know my mom, Barbara, for her kind and loving personality. This is why she holds a special place in so many hearts. As most of you now know she was recently diagnosed with Leukemia. Since then she has been in and out of the hospital receiving costly blood transfusions on an almost weekly basis. With the help of her doctor at Dana Farber, we have now decided to move forward in her treatment plan with a Stem Cell transplant.
Once she returns home after this, her immune system will be very, very weak and she will have a recovery period of one year. During this time she will be unable to work. My dad was planning on taking a lot of time off from work during her treatment and recovery, but is now unexpectedly out of work himself for 12 weeks, after having surgery to repair his torn rotator cuff.
As if these medical bills weren’t a huge burden on their own upon my mom’s return home, my dad and I will have to clean out our whole home. Due to my mom’s nonexistent immune system, we have to clear out all of our furniture, rugs, clothes, and many household item and replace them. She needs to have an extremely new and clean environment to ensure she doesn't get sick. She will be housebound for an entire year post transplant, other than doctors appointments and eventually, occasional short walks.
We also have to find somewhere for our beloved family cat to live for the year, as my mom can not be around an animal that goes outdoors. He is very stubborn and high maintenance. He has lived his whole life in my neighborhood, and will not do well in a new environment. He also does not like to be indoors. This has been so extremely hard on each of us. We are also looking in this short period of time to build him an insulated home in our backyard. If anyone is able to help with this in anyway, it would be greatly appreciated. All suggestions are welcomed.
As you can imagine this is essentially like moving out of your home, throwing everything away, and re-purchasing newer versions of everything. This has already proven to be a huge, stressful, and tiring process on top of everything else going on.
My mom is a very strong, independent, and determined woman, who would never ask for help. Because of this, I wanted to create a GoFundMe for all of our friends and family who have asked for a way to help. All of the donations will go directly towards medical bills and creating my mom a safe space to remain in her best possible health.
We are beyond grateful for any contributions, but we also urge you to give blood to the Red Cross (which you can do in my moms name, Barbara Tahhan Petrella) or sign up to be a donor. If you are not a match with my mom there are so many others out there who need your help as well. www.bethematch.org
Once she returns home after this, her immune system will be very, very weak and she will have a recovery period of one year. During this time she will be unable to work. My dad was planning on taking a lot of time off from work during her treatment and recovery, but is now unexpectedly out of work himself for 12 weeks, after having surgery to repair his torn rotator cuff.
As if these medical bills weren’t a huge burden on their own upon my mom’s return home, my dad and I will have to clean out our whole home. Due to my mom’s nonexistent immune system, we have to clear out all of our furniture, rugs, clothes, and many household item and replace them. She needs to have an extremely new and clean environment to ensure she doesn't get sick. She will be housebound for an entire year post transplant, other than doctors appointments and eventually, occasional short walks.
We also have to find somewhere for our beloved family cat to live for the year, as my mom can not be around an animal that goes outdoors. He is very stubborn and high maintenance. He has lived his whole life in my neighborhood, and will not do well in a new environment. He also does not like to be indoors. This has been so extremely hard on each of us. We are also looking in this short period of time to build him an insulated home in our backyard. If anyone is able to help with this in anyway, it would be greatly appreciated. All suggestions are welcomed.
As you can imagine this is essentially like moving out of your home, throwing everything away, and re-purchasing newer versions of everything. This has already proven to be a huge, stressful, and tiring process on top of everything else going on.
My mom is a very strong, independent, and determined woman, who would never ask for help. Because of this, I wanted to create a GoFundMe for all of our friends and family who have asked for a way to help. All of the donations will go directly towards medical bills and creating my mom a safe space to remain in her best possible health.
We are beyond grateful for any contributions, but we also urge you to give blood to the Red Cross (which you can do in my moms name, Barbara Tahhan Petrella) or sign up to be a donor. If you are not a match with my mom there are so many others out there who need your help as well. www.bethematch.org
Organisator und Spendenbegünstigter
Jenna Rose Petrella
Organisator
Medford, MA
Barbara Petrella
Spendenbegünstigte