Hope for Mom & Son
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Hi, the purpose of this fund is to help our cousin Andrea Arredondo 29, her son Yael 9, and the entire family with the cost of treatment for this rare disease. PRIMARY AMYLOIDOSIS.
Andrea Arredondo 29, is a wife and mother of 2 beautiful boys, Yael that is 9 and Noel 5. Her problems began when she was around 13 years old, she started with an inflammation on her heel and from there it just got worse with pain in other parts of her body, but every doctor she went to see would give her a different diagnostic, and that’s because they were looking at the symptoms separately. Her mother and father in search of hope decided to bring her here to USA to seek medical attention and in 2000 they moved here to Rutherford County where Andrea attended school at Chase High school from 2000 till 2001. Doctors believed it was a psychological problem because the blood work never show anything abnormal and in 2001 she went back to Mexico.
In a few years she started having pain so strong that sometimes she couldn’t even walk, she kept saying she was in a lot of pain and she was feeling worst and worst. There was one year that she had to spend the entire year in the hospital away from her family and her kids to manage her pain.
Finally a few years ago her blood test where abnormal and she was diagnose with LUPUS, they started to treat her with chemotherapy and they told her she was going to get better, and she did at the beginning, she started walking better, she stopped using her cane, but with time her pain came back and the doctors at her small town in Mexico sent her to Mexico City where she saw specialist that diagnosed her with PRIMARY AMYLOIDOSIS this is a disorder in which abnormal proteins build up in tissues and organs this makes it harder for the organs to work correctly. The cause of primary amyloidosis is not well understood it is a rare condition. Genes may play a role but also Cancer, Lupus and other disorders.
In Andrea’s case the condition already has affected some of her organs as a right now her doctor has decided she needs pacemaker.
The worst part of this story is yet to come, since Yael her 9 year old son was presenting some of the same medical problems and given her history, doctors decided to do a biopsy on him, and a few days ago they diagnosed him too with AMYLOIDOSIS the doctor where amazed cause this is really rare in kids and need to do a lot more tests on him to determine what type of Amyloidosis he has and how bad it is.
Her husband works at Cablecom a tv cable company and on the weekend he sings in a group to make extra money to pay for her treatment. He needs the cable company job because is the one that provide the insurance for her and the kids but also needs the weekend job for extra money but because of this he has little time to be with her in this difficult times or with his kids that also need him so much. Thankfully they have the support of both families that takes care of the kids when she is in treatment. At the moment she is living with her mother that helps her since she is getting chemotherapy at the moment and her husband and kids live with his parents since they help him to take the kids to school and take care of them while he works. In spite of all that’s happening Andrea remains an amazing and positive Mother and wife hoping that somehow they will get the help and treatment that they need.7
They live 5 hours away from Mexico city where they need to travel to get treatment, every time she has to travel to Mexico to get treatment is around $200 dollars daily in transportation, food, hotel and treatment. And now her son is going to need treatment too.
We have been doing research and the best places to treat this are here in USA, Mexico doesn’t have a hospital or clinic specialized on it.
She and her kid have US visa and we are trying to bring her and her son here for the right and best treatment for this rare disease but it is really expensive, help us give this mother of 2 the hope and treatment that she needs but specially get the help for her 9 year old son Yael that has all his life in front of him with the right treatment.
Any and all donations are appreciated. These funds will be put to use towards their treatments to help this wonderful family in this hard times. If you are not able to donate please share this on your page and keep this mother and son in your prayers.
This campaign is being run on Go fund me by her cousins Karina Lozano and Carmen Lozano along with the help and support of all of the family.
Andrea Arredondo 29, is a wife and mother of 2 beautiful boys, Yael that is 9 and Noel 5. Her problems began when she was around 13 years old, she started with an inflammation on her heel and from there it just got worse with pain in other parts of her body, but every doctor she went to see would give her a different diagnostic, and that’s because they were looking at the symptoms separately. Her mother and father in search of hope decided to bring her here to USA to seek medical attention and in 2000 they moved here to Rutherford County where Andrea attended school at Chase High school from 2000 till 2001. Doctors believed it was a psychological problem because the blood work never show anything abnormal and in 2001 she went back to Mexico.
In a few years she started having pain so strong that sometimes she couldn’t even walk, she kept saying she was in a lot of pain and she was feeling worst and worst. There was one year that she had to spend the entire year in the hospital away from her family and her kids to manage her pain.
Finally a few years ago her blood test where abnormal and she was diagnose with LUPUS, they started to treat her with chemotherapy and they told her she was going to get better, and she did at the beginning, she started walking better, she stopped using her cane, but with time her pain came back and the doctors at her small town in Mexico sent her to Mexico City where she saw specialist that diagnosed her with PRIMARY AMYLOIDOSIS this is a disorder in which abnormal proteins build up in tissues and organs this makes it harder for the organs to work correctly. The cause of primary amyloidosis is not well understood it is a rare condition. Genes may play a role but also Cancer, Lupus and other disorders.
In Andrea’s case the condition already has affected some of her organs as a right now her doctor has decided she needs pacemaker.
The worst part of this story is yet to come, since Yael her 9 year old son was presenting some of the same medical problems and given her history, doctors decided to do a biopsy on him, and a few days ago they diagnosed him too with AMYLOIDOSIS the doctor where amazed cause this is really rare in kids and need to do a lot more tests on him to determine what type of Amyloidosis he has and how bad it is.
Her husband works at Cablecom a tv cable company and on the weekend he sings in a group to make extra money to pay for her treatment. He needs the cable company job because is the one that provide the insurance for her and the kids but also needs the weekend job for extra money but because of this he has little time to be with her in this difficult times or with his kids that also need him so much. Thankfully they have the support of both families that takes care of the kids when she is in treatment. At the moment she is living with her mother that helps her since she is getting chemotherapy at the moment and her husband and kids live with his parents since they help him to take the kids to school and take care of them while he works. In spite of all that’s happening Andrea remains an amazing and positive Mother and wife hoping that somehow they will get the help and treatment that they need.7
They live 5 hours away from Mexico city where they need to travel to get treatment, every time she has to travel to Mexico to get treatment is around $200 dollars daily in transportation, food, hotel and treatment. And now her son is going to need treatment too.
We have been doing research and the best places to treat this are here in USA, Mexico doesn’t have a hospital or clinic specialized on it.
She and her kid have US visa and we are trying to bring her and her son here for the right and best treatment for this rare disease but it is really expensive, help us give this mother of 2 the hope and treatment that she needs but specially get the help for her 9 year old son Yael that has all his life in front of him with the right treatment.
Any and all donations are appreciated. These funds will be put to use towards their treatments to help this wonderful family in this hard times. If you are not able to donate please share this on your page and keep this mother and son in your prayers.
This campaign is being run on Go fund me by her cousins Karina Lozano and Carmen Lozano along with the help and support of all of the family.
Organizer
Karina Lozano
Organizer
Rutherfordton, NC