Egg Freezing for Becky Ojeda

The story of the Ojeda family's journey is one of countless trials and unrelenting faith. In May of 2020, they lost their son John Aaron Ojeda by miscarriage. Still processing their grief and healing, shortly after Becky was diagnosed with breast cancer.

 

Becky has had two surgeries to rid her body of cancer. In the first one, she had what is called a lumpectomy. She had one lymph node removed to test for cancer. That lymph node had a 2cm tumor inside and something called Extra Nodal Extension (ENE) which meant that cancer was coming outside of the lymph node capsule. They needed to do a second surgery and remove 16 more lymph nodes. Those next 16 were negative for cancer.

 

The doctors are recommending that Becky do chemotherapy to clean up any microscopic cancer cells that may have traveled into the bloodstream from that first lymph node.

 

Chemotherapy alters the body's reproductive functions. After the loss of their second child, John Aaron, last year, having more children is very important to them. They have the opportunity to preserve some of Becky's eggs before starting chemo, in hopes of having a pregnancy down the road. It is a very expensive procedure and is unfortunately not covered by insurance. Total cost for egg freezing is around $10,000. Thankfully, they were able to get a grant from a non-profit, and it covered around $3,000 (which is wonderful!) However, that still leaves their out of pocket total around $7,000. Joe and Becky deliberated and prayed about this for a very long time and decided to just take the leap and go for it. We have created this GoFundMe in hopes that if anyone feels the desire to help cover some of the cost, they can do that here. All of you have helped SO much, Becky and Joe have been humbled beyond belief.

 

At this point, we ask if you are able to please donate or share this link with people you know via social media, text, or however you can. If everyone is able to give a little, this dream could be fully funded, which is Becky's great hope.

 

Please keep Becky, Joe and their son James in your prayers as this journey has been incredibly difficult and while they remain in the best of spirits and faith, prayer is our greatest weapon.

Other ways to give
  venmo: @becky-ojeda
  cashapp: $beckymojeda