Cancer 4 times sucks!

My name is Leah, I have an amazing sister and brother. My brother and I are very lucky not to have to deal with what our older sister has. She has had the worst luck with health. Let me step back and give you a short history on who she is to me. Christina Smith has always been there for me, even as children. When we were toddlers, I would call her cookie, since I couldn’t say Christina. As we grew, she became Tina, and my best friend. We shared a room, and would stay up late, even on school nights, talking. Shh, don’t tell our mom. LOL. Moreover, she has always stood up for me, even when I didn’t deserve it. She is just an amazing sister, daughter, mom, and wife.

 

When she was 18, she met the man she is now married to. She adores him and their 3 handsome, smart, and absolutely wonderful sons. Her boys are now 15, 13, and 9, and have gone through many scary moments with her. They were only 9, 7, and 3, when everything started for their mom and family.

 

In May 2016 she was diagnosed with stage 2 Nodular Melanoma Skin Cancer. The cancer was cut out of her left arm, and the healing was a long painful process. In August 2018 she was diagnose with Stage 3 Melanoma in Transit. For those who do not know, in transit means that the cancer cells were making their way to the lymph nodes. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with the same thing again in July 2020. That same year, in September, she and her husband were hospitalized due to Covid-19. Thankfully, they both recovered from that. However, Christina had covid again this year, but it was nothing like in 2020. She attributes that to her vaccination. For over 6 months, she has been saying that she feels exhausted, and as just gross feeling. Well March 11, 2022, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma Cancer in her lungs.

 

Christina was a great CNA for 5 years, and an RN for 12 years. However, her career ended, when she could no longer work due to the effects that the immunotherapy treatment had on her body. She will be going through those treatments again, but more aggressively this round. Her family has had to put a lot of things off, due to her health. Such as, their house needs repairs, and so does their vehicle. They have to travel a long ways too, for her treatments, and with gas prices on the rise, the ride alone will be costly. She doesn’t like thinking that she needs assistance, but her family needs help financially. It is nothing to be ashamed of, especially since no one ever asked for this. Please help her reach at least $30,000.00 so that her family will not have to worry about how they are going to pay for gas, her treatments, or home repairs. Thank you all for caring for such a beautiful soul!