Hello everyone, my name is Teresa Christopher and I am a lifelong heart patient. I was born with a hole in my heart. It wasn’t found till I was 14 years old, and I ended up having open-heart surgery at Duke University in North Carolina when I was 15 years old. I’ve had problems off and on throughout the years. My condition became extremely bad in 2018 when I developed uncontrolled AFIB, a condition which made my heart race 200 beats a minute for no reason at all. Due to the AFIB, I’ve had a series of procedures, including two pacemakers installed at different times, the last one with a defibrillator. I’ve had four ablation procedures, three cardioversions, and the latest is a Baro-Stim device. At this point, nothing is helping any longer, and my heart is growing weaker. I now need an LVAD device because I can’t have a heart transplant due to cancer I had last year. My choice is to go to Duke University Hospital again to have this taken care of. My current insurance is not providing approval. I’m gonna have to straighten that out; in the meantime, I’m getting weaker. I’m gonna have to go to the hospital sooner than later and check myself in with or without the insurance approval. I’m hoping the insurance will come through, but even if it does, I’m gonna have extra expenses, co-pays, transportation bills, and my husband will be there with me, so he’s gonna have hotel bills. So, I ask you to please help me if you can. I don’t like asking for help; it makes me feel really bad, but this is the only way I can save my life in my current situation. The doctors say I only have six months to a year to live. Of course, I know only God knows that for sure. Thank you so much for anything you can help me with. I’ve given to charity over the years, and I’ve tried to help people by volunteering for various organizations and looking after my own family, particularly my parents. My mother passed last year at age 91, and my dad passed in 2016 at age 85. Thank you so much for reading this, and God bless you. Spend every moment you have with the loved ones you hold so dear because you never know when will be your last time with them. Many blessings and prayers to you.