Donate to Ease Pam and Gale's Health & Financial Burdens

As many of you know, my mother, Pam (Odgaard) Gronenthal, has been battling non-small cell lung cancer since 2018. Her cancer is now Stage 4, and her brain function has been severely impacted. The simplest tasks have become a huge challenge and her mind has seemingly wandered back to the good ‘ol days of her youth. We are doing everything possible to help her, and she thankfully has a phenomenal team of doctors on her side.

My stepfather, Gale, endured his own health issues back in June. He had a massive infection in his foot and could have lost his leg without the proper care. Luckily, he followed doctor’s orders and is doing so much better!

Let's face it… financially, things have become quite tough. My mom used to work part-time but now they do not have that much-needed income. I’m depleting my resources trying to help them. I have reached out to some cancer organizations that have graciously helped, but they are limited on what they can provide.

I am hoping to raise funds to help get their bills covered for a little while and so they have money for groceries, gas, etc. so they don’t have to worry so much.

Everyone has been asking me, “How can we help?” so I set up a Caring Bridge account to keep everyone updated, and it gave me the option to set up this GoFundMe. Please don’t feel obligated to donate, but if you can help at all, just know that it is tremendously appreciated.

Thank you everyone for the thoughts and prayers and delicious home-cooked meals, and everything that you all have been doing to help us out. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but it also takes a village to compassionately walk someone home. So thank you all so very much, from the bottom of our hearts. ❤️