My mom has always been a great mom, wife, and daughter as she's always been there for anyone that needed it. She's always been very helpful and hardworking as she kept one job for 25 years, starting as a dishwasher, then a busser, and now she was serving tables. Always helping others as much as she can.

It was June when she started to feel a pain in her stomach. Then she went to the doctor on July 13. The doctor said it looks like it could be something serious, so she then made an appointment to get a biopsy on August 1. She got the results on August 6 saying that she has ovarian cancer at a stage 3c. As time went on, we began making phone calls to different cancer institutions but no luck. We were told that we need to wait a couple of weeks before we can be seen, but knowing that the doctor said she couldn't wait too long, my parents decided to go to Mexico so she can be seen by a specialist. She was then immediately taken care of because on August 19 they did a surgery which lasted 8 hours in order to remove her tumor. Post-surgery, she spent recovery in the hospital and at home in Mexico. Her first out of 6 chemotherapies was September 19, with the next one aimed to be October 7, which will then be followed with another surgery post her 3rd one.

With my parents having been in Mexico for over 6 weeks now, in Mexico insurance is not a thing, no payment plans are made, and everything has to be paid in cash. This has made things very hard at home with the house, school, work, sports, and extracurricular activities. This makes it even more difficult due to the costs of traveling internationally in order to go visit her. Therefore, I have not been able to visit her. I thank everyone that has been supportive already but if you are able to help, anything would be greatly appreciated to support my mom and my family during these challenging times.