Chrissy Morrow's Battle With ALS

We are raising money for Chrissy Morrow. Chrissy has been an RN for over 32 years and has devoted her life to helping and caring for others. Chrissy is a beautiful person who is not only a mother, a wife, a mamaw, a friend, and a loving nurse but she is also someone who is always there for everyone else. She was recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. As most of you may know, there is no cure for ALS. Due to the symptoms of the disease, she had to give up her career of being a nurse, a career that she enjoyed and loved. Chrissy will tell you that she is focused on doing everything she can to fight this disease and delay progression into the debilitating stages. Despite the difficult and sadness of this diagnoses, she remains positive and gathers her strength from the love and well-wishes of family and friends and her love for Christ.

 ALS is an evil disease that robs its victims of the ability to walk, dress themselves, talk, swallow and ultimately breath. All while leaving the mind perfectly intact. Chrissy is already experiencing changes in her speech and remains hoarse and gets winded if she talks long. She has foot drop that makes it easy to fall and she has to sleep propped up or she feels like she will suffocate.

 Her hospital bills along with her medication and supplements are creating a financial burden and unneeded stress. She will continue to face extraordinary medical and incidental expenses. Not all of ALS treatment is covered by insurance and the estimated costs alone can range up to $200,000-$300,000 per year. Some of the expenses include covering ventilation, feeding tubes, in-home care, wheelchairs, lifts, specialized vehicle, long-term clinical trials, aids/in-home nursing and technological devices to offset muscle paralysis.

 For those of you that are able to donate and help our family face this sad and difficult disease and mountain of expenses, we are all deeply grateful.