Sending Sick Mom & Daughter with Lyme to Lymestop!

"Helping one person might not change the whole world, but it could change the world for one person". - Anonymous

 

Hello Dear Friends,

 

As many of you know Sienna suffered from chronic Lyme, Bartonella, Babesia and other co-infections in most of 2020.  By the grace of God, in February 2021 we discovered Dr. Tony Smith, who founded Lymestop, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He is trained to diagnose and treat lyme disease with "CranioBiotic" treatment. Essentially, it is muscle testing and healing through kinesiology. The holistic treatment offered is unique, safe and effective, but very few people know about it as an effective way to treat Lyme and co-infections. We were astounded to see positive results within weeks after the first series of 5 consecutive treatments.  Thousands of grateful patients have shared testimonials about their journeys of healing at Lymestop. Just like them, Sienna was given the gift of a cure from chronic lyme.

So now we want to pay it forward and send a family to Lymestop, so they too can find  healing, after an 8 year battle with lyme disease.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
UPDATED NOV 26, 2021

We are feeling so incredibly grateful and wanted to say THANK YOU!  We are overwhelmed with the incredible response we received from so many friends, family and complete strangers to support our mission.

 

I am updating this post to share that due to the generosity of so many people we have raised $6,800 of our $10,000 goal!! 

This campaign raised enough last month to make a deposit of $1,000 to Lymestop directly and schedule two appointments with Dr. Smith on March 1, 2022!  

Between now and then our goal is to raise the remaining $3,200 for the remainder of the treatment costs; including airfare and hotel.  They will need to fly to Idaho twice for consecutive treatments 4 months apart in order to receive the best chance at total healing.

BELOW IS THEIR STORY:

It was about a week ago that I asked Stephanie to share her story with me and she started by saying "there is no greater pain than to watch your child suffer and not be able to fix it". Her daughter Sarah, is 13 years old and has chronic lyme, bartonella, babesia and rocky mountain spotted fever since she was 5 years old. Stephanie, her mother, has it too. Both mother and daughter only have each other, and both are very sick. Stephanie is on disability due to lyme disease and every dollar they have goes to trying to find a cure. As any mother would do, all of the focus has been on trying to get Sarah help first. It took 5 years to even get a proper diagnosis and approximately $30,000 dollars (some of which came from a grant) for Sarah's treatments that have failed. Sarah was homeschooled from age 5 and has battled symptoms for life such as headache, nausea, joint pain, vision issues, depression, sore throats, numbness in hands, memory issues, chronic fatigue and the list continues. They are currently seeing a Lyme Literate Doctor but since insurance does not cover LLMDs, her daughter would bake cookies and sell them locally to make money in order to afford the doctor visits and treatments. Hearing this absolutely broke my heart. This mother and daughter are very active with their church and have been blessed with friends trying to support them financially on this very expensive journey. However, as we learned with Sienna, and so many other lyme warriors can attest to, sometimes herbals and antibiotics don't work because the bacteria has passed the blood brain barrier. So now after many years of suffering, and their health only declining, both the mom and daughter are starting to lose hope. It's their faith that has kept them strong, but I could hear the pain in Stephanie's voice, that this has been a long difficult road. Sarah, the daughter, is the worst she has ever been, now struggling with vision loss due to the infection in her brain and a few steps from being completely bedridden after a setback last month.

 

Stephanie discovered Lymestop (on a Facebook Group as we did) but when I shared the amount of money for treatment, she said they absolutely cannot afford it. They live off food stamps, disability and cookie sales. While she read, even before speaking with me, that Lymestop does in fact work, Stephanie shared that she recently approached a friend to borrow money, in exchange for the title of their home. When the neighbor failed to help, Stephanie got on both knees and prayed to God that "HE send them HIS people to help them". She said it was that very night I contacted her and I gave her hope.

 

So here we are, me and what I consider my tribe of remarkable people who are my family and friends, who I am asking for help. This story, combined with Sienna's healing, is the catalyst for my "Go Fund Me" campaign. I want to close this painful chapter, but I cannot walk away until I feel I have tried to make a difference in someone else's life. God put on my heart that I need to give someone else the opportunity to heal and pay our miracle forward. My goal is to raise $10,000 so I can ask Lymestop to directly "gift" two trips to Idaho and treatment to these faithful women who have been through so much.

Thank you in advance for your love and generosity.

 

- Jill, Mark & Sienna

 

*Note, the names used above have been changed to protect their privacy.