Help Chao Fight Breast Cancer
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About Chao
That day, Chao (Lucresia Chao Randolph) lifted a patient and felt the excruciating pain cut through her lower back and pelvic area. A little terror ran through her mind and she quickly fought it off. She needed to complete her new nursing probation at Johns Hopkins, at least then she would be assured of medical cover in case of anything. But that wasn't to be. Her worst fears were about to come true. You see, Chao had been in remission for 5 years, having been first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017.
At Johns Hopkins where she would pull off 16-hour shifts, until she couldn't.
In her own words-
- "Sometime in August of 2022, I started experiencing some unexplained pain in my lower back. I consulted my PCP and he suggested PT/OT which I did but still there was no change in status. Eventually, I insisted on having an MRI done, which showed I had some cancerous lesions on my left/right hip bones and my lower back bones. More tests followed which now confirmed that the breast cancer cells had returned and metastasized to the bone.
Chao at home - visit from friends
- "By this time, I was in excruciating pain and discomfort that had become sporadic, forcing me to cut down my hours at work. So far, I have struggled to maintain my financial obligations. However, since starting chemo and radiation in January 2023, my health has succumbed to the effects of the chemo medications and I have to be ambulated with a wheelchair. I'm now fully at home and unable to work."
5 Years of Amazing Grace
For the next 5 yrs, Chao (as she's well known to people close to her) in her passion for caring, worked in various nursing fields as an Adult and Pediatric Home Health Care Nurse to Psychiatric Nurse at an community outreach program to Travel Nurse and finally as a Neuroscience Nurse at Johns Hopkins Bay view Medical Center in Maryland. Chao continues her fight to survive this terrible illness the second time around. Please let's all put our efforts and prayers together to give Chao a reason to smile again despite her daily living challenges.
Chao at home, ready to fight again
Mama Chao
I know Chao as one of the most joyful, optimistic and trusting people you’ll ever meet. She's is always cracking a joke, decorating and designing, just adding color to life. You should see her home! You'd think a rainbow missed its target and landed in that house. Chao has no room for gloom. Most of all, she is a nurturer. As a single parent, she has raised a daughter and son and two grandchildren. She keeps them all together. A happy home makes for a happy neighborhood and a healthy society. We want Chao to keep her home as she gets back into this battlefield.
To those who give much and care for others without ever complaining, a time comes when they must allow us to give them the help they need.
Our friend Chao
Chao is actively working to secure medical options that give her access to affordable cancer care. This care also includes helping her keep her home so she and her family do not become homeless and add to mental anguish and delayed care. We are targeting to raise $25,000 to enable Chao to meet her daily medical and personal expenses. The healthcare industry can be a challenge when cancer hits, even for those who have given their all to it. But we cannot sit by and cry. We do something. We believe this target is possible, and that our friend will go back to doing the work she loves.
Chao has always brought joy to friends, family and strangers. Thanksgiving, 2018 - in remission
Fundraising team (2)
Lucresia Chao Randolph
Organizer
Baltimore, MD
Shante Hill
Team member
