Big love for Michele Crawford! Trip to Mayo Clinic

Our friend Michele Crawford needs your help to get to an urgent appointment at The Mayo Clinic on August 19th. She will likely be there two weeks. This past year Michele has suffered from what doctors believe is a very rare disease similar to an autoimmune but called Auto-inflammatory disease.  Many of her symptoms mimic autoimmune diseases such as Lupus. Including bone and spine degeneration, arthritis, butterfly rash, extreme fatigue, etc. However Michele’s blood work and symptoms are showing something different. Such as has high inflammatory markers, elevated blood counts, a good deal of pain and persistent high fever. Because of these symptoms her doctors at home have corresponded with doctors from Mayo Clinic who need her to come to The Mayo Clinic in  Rochester Minnesota for an exact diagnosis so that they can start treatments ASAP and get her better and back on her feet. 
As most of you can imagine with Michele unable to work and Clay taking care of her money has become  an issue for the Crawford family in recent months considering her medical expenses this past year.  Of course our first priority is to get her the money she needs to get to the Mayo Clinic. She does have insurance which helps but has high deductible and many out of pocket expenses. Insurance certainly won’t cover airfare, hotel, meals, etc for Michele and Clay's trip to  Rochester Minnesota. Because it is not certain how long they will be there it is our  estimate this trip will cost around $5000. Anything you can donate will be greatly appreciated. As well Michele can likely expect to be out of work for some time as she begins to treat this and heal. Also she can expect follow up visits to the Mayo Clinic.  With all this in mind we hope to exceed our goal and help our friend during this difficult time. 

Much love and thanks to all of you who love and support Michele, Clay and Henry.

Sincerely,
Shelly Nealy 
Nicky Pyles 
Karen Garrett 
Brandy Doucet 
Kendall Sands
Elizabeth Moss