Caitlyn and Brandt's IVF Journey
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Friends and family, thank you for visiting this page and considering helping an amazing couple. Caitlyn was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer and will be starting IVF treatments as soon as possible. Below is Caitlyn and Brandt's testimony, the situation is urgent and any help is appreciated. If there is a way that you would like to contribute, other than a moneary donation, please feel free to message me on Facebook.
From Caitlyn:
I hadn’t seen my family in over a year and decided to surprise them down in Florida for the New Year. What I thought was going to be a nice vacation took a turn in the matter of hours. One morning a few
days before I was supposed to head back to California I woke up with excruciating abdominal pain and was throwing up stomach bile. I was immediately rushed to the hospital and taken in for multiple tests.
After a few hours, myself and my family were informed there was a mass in my abdomen. Very concerned and not wanting to waste any time the doctors went in for immediate surgery to figure out what was going on inside my body. The tumor was found attached to one of my ovaries and weighed approximately 4 pounds. The doctor removed the tumor, my ovary, and a few lymph nodes.
Next the tumor needed to be sent out to multiple different doctors for pathology testing. It took a few weeks for all the doctors to come to an agreement because this tumor was very uncommon in a woman my age. The final diagnosis was, Ovarian Cancer. Good news, the tumor was no longer inside of me. Bad news, the tumor ruptured and cancerous fluid got into my abdomen and because of this I was told I needed to go through chemotherapy. If things couldn’t be any worse, the doctors told me and my husband if we wanted any chance of having children in the future we would have to go through IVF as soon as possible. The chemotherapy was going to compromise the only ovary I had left. Unfortunately this process is not covered by insurance and is very costly.
We are kindly asking for any help, if possible. We can’t imagine our future without any children. The cancer diagnosis has taken enough from us already; we do not want this to be added to the list.
With love,
Caitlyn, Brandt, and Famliy
From Caitlyn:
I hadn’t seen my family in over a year and decided to surprise them down in Florida for the New Year. What I thought was going to be a nice vacation took a turn in the matter of hours. One morning a few
days before I was supposed to head back to California I woke up with excruciating abdominal pain and was throwing up stomach bile. I was immediately rushed to the hospital and taken in for multiple tests.
After a few hours, myself and my family were informed there was a mass in my abdomen. Very concerned and not wanting to waste any time the doctors went in for immediate surgery to figure out what was going on inside my body. The tumor was found attached to one of my ovaries and weighed approximately 4 pounds. The doctor removed the tumor, my ovary, and a few lymph nodes.
Next the tumor needed to be sent out to multiple different doctors for pathology testing. It took a few weeks for all the doctors to come to an agreement because this tumor was very uncommon in a woman my age. The final diagnosis was, Ovarian Cancer. Good news, the tumor was no longer inside of me. Bad news, the tumor ruptured and cancerous fluid got into my abdomen and because of this I was told I needed to go through chemotherapy. If things couldn’t be any worse, the doctors told me and my husband if we wanted any chance of having children in the future we would have to go through IVF as soon as possible. The chemotherapy was going to compromise the only ovary I had left. Unfortunately this process is not covered by insurance and is very costly.
We are kindly asking for any help, if possible. We can’t imagine our future without any children. The cancer diagnosis has taken enough from us already; we do not want this to be added to the list.
With love,
Caitlyn, Brandt, and Famliy
Organizer and beneficiary
Katie Reeves
Organizer
Sarasota, FL
Caitlyn Kinder
Beneficiary
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