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Donate to help Kara during her cancer treatments

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CANCER SUCKS! Hello all… I have created a go fund me for my close friends daughter Kara. No one thinks about spending their 24th birthday in the hospital receiving Chemo. But this year it happened. Kara was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma a rare cancer usually seen in teens and young adults. Kara is a mystery as she is a bit past the age you would find this type of cancer. But here we are. Kara is undergoing multiple treatments to kill this beast. She is on her 6th round of Chemo and will begin proton therapy the end of October while still doing chemo every other week. In order for her to receive the treatments she has had to stay in the hospital alternating 2 days for one treatment then 2 weeks later a 5 day treatment. Her and her family live over a hour from the hospital and no mom wants to see their child alone so her mom stays with her while she has treatments. Kara will have to go to DC for the proton therapy which is every day for 6 weeks in addition to the chemo she will continue to get. Kara and her mom will stay in DC at a hotel for the six weeks of treatments. The hospital does not have separate housing but will put Kara and her mom up in a hotel close by. I do not know about you but 6 weeks away from my family in a hotel room with no kitchen no laundry or the comforts of home is not anyone’s idea of a vacation. It is hard to imagine being away from your family for that long and the Holidays makes it even worse. While the family will visit them in DC on the weekends it is a struggle to be apart for all.
So I have created this page in hopes to help ease the financial worry a bit. With gas prices and the extras like food and laundry while staying in a hotel room it’s going to add up fast. Any bit will help even if it is just extra prayers.
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Donations 

  • Jill Smith
    • $100
    • 1 yr
  • Debbie Venn
    • $100
    • 1 yr
  • Katie Neece
    • $20
    • 1 yr
  • Anonymous
    • $10
    • 1 yr
  • Cassandra Acosta
    • $30
    • 1 yr
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Organizer and beneficiary

Amie Grinnage
Organizer
Westminster, MD
Vanessa Kirkpatrick
Beneficiary

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