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Donate to my beautiful mother's last wishes

On May 6th, not even 3 months ago, my brother passed surprisingly in his sleep. Sadly he never woke up that morning. I took care of all of his arrangements and made sure he was honoured properly. Just Weeks later, my only existing immediate family left, my loving mother, went from a healthy and vibrant woman to a woman diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic lung cancer. By the time of diagnosis the cancer had spread to her brain, liver, spine, lymph nodes, adrenal glands, excetera . My healthy mother was now hit with a death sentence. My only surviving family member is leaving this Earth. In the past 2 months her health has deteriorated even faster then her own oncologist anticipated.  As a single working mother who does it all alone with no child support, I simply did not have this in my budget. I have had to miss many days of work as her primary medical proxy and power of attorney. I have done everything in my power to gather all of the documents required to apply for medical insurance for her. I've also fought to have her social security turned back on along with her Medicare. I spent a large amount of money to empty what was the apartment that her and my brother lived in three months ago before my family fell apart. Both of their belongings now take up a third of my small apartment.  I am a very proud person and work very hard so that I do not ever have to find myself in a situation with my hands out. My mother wishes to have a traditional burial. It is her religion and her beliefs and I will do everything I can to make sure that she is sent off in exactly the manner in which she asked me to have her sent off. As the doctors have recently asked me about the do not resuscitate form and are preparing her for hospice I know herrTime on this Earth is coming to an end . I know that a lot of people love my mother and would want her last wishes both respected and executed. So I asked on her behalf because she no longer has a voice to ask, that those people who love her and those people who love me to donate. I know we are all struggling right now, so if everyone made even the smallest donation it would make a tremendous difference. For those who love her and are unable to donate, that's okay too, just remain to keep her in your hearts and prayers and please share this. This is very difficult for me and I thanked everyone in advance.
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    Cheryl Cucco
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    Staten Island, NY

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