Cristina Pina-Simon

Hello Everyone, we have created this GoFundMe on behalf of our long time friend, Cristina. This past month she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Inflammatory Breast Cancer. This is especially shocking considering her age, lack of family history of this disease, and her extensive history of breastfeeding all of her children. Despite this, she has maintained a positive attitude and is determined to fight this disease to be able to continue raising her beautiful children who range in age from 6 to 19.

Over the years that we've known Cristina she has consistently left us in awe of her ability to raise her kids and maintain her household on her own. She is the most amazing mom and has already managed to overcome and persevere through so much. Throughout everything she's been though she has always maintained a positive spirit and shown gratitude for all the little things in life. Cristina is an amazing person, mother, and friend, always being the one to reach out and check on us with support, advice, or a reason to smile. She is the hardest worker I know, doing whatever is necessary to support her family. We, and everyone else that loves her, now have an opportunity to reciprocate that support and love.

Cristina has been blessed with an incredible medical team at AdventHealth Breast Care Center. Their strategy moving forward will be a combination of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, radiation, and hormone blockers over the next year. With the cancer metastasizing to several different areas of the bone, surgery is now off the table. Unfortunately with the bone spread, this is not considered curable but can be controlled and made to behave for many years to come, God Willing. Considering this, it is vital that she attacks it quickly and from every angle possible to ensure the best possible outcome and quality of life for her moving forward. Cristina is determined to fight and do whatever she can to beat this. She believes in combining modern medicine with holistic treatments to give her the best chance of success considering the severity of the situation. We are looking for financial support to fill in where insurance doesn't, as well as to provide extra support to the kids with things like extra curricular activities, etc to keep their lives as normal and enriched as possible while she fights this battle.

In addition to any financial support you can provide, we would all deeply appreciate prayers for Cristina and her children. At this time we ask specifically for prayers for her and her children's peace of mind, strength to fight, and that the cancer responds appropriately to her treatment regimen. With the power of prayer, modern day medicine, and holistic remedies, we are confident that Cristina can live many more years and watch all her children grow. Thank you in advance for whatever you can contribute. It is appreciated more than words can convey. God Bless.