Heather Callahan Healing Fund

Heather Callahan, our dear friend, mumma, second mama, daughter, fiancé, and so much more, contracted Covid late October and a few days later had to be admitted to the hospital for shortness of breath. She was soon put on a bypap machine to help her breathe and remained on it from Oct. 28 - Dec. 4. On Saturday morning, Dec. 4 she was emergency intubated, sedated, and put on a ventilator because her oxygen levels were rapidly dropping. She has been on the ventilator since, heavily sedated in a coma-like state so that she is hopefully not in much pain and resting peacefully. The ventilator is breathing for her—performing the expansion and contraction her lungs need.

 

There has been a small amount of improvement and we are hoping and praying for a full recovery. Thankfully Heather is vaccinated and doctors say that has saved her life thus far. We do know, however, that her healing journey will take a long time. We have been told that recovery may take up to a year and if/when she makes it off the ventilator she will need to be in a long term assisted care home for quite some time.

 

Heather spent the last 2 years as a primary caretaker for her daughter Scarlett, struggling with a leukemia diagnosis and the treatment that came along with it. From Jan. 2020 - Aug. 2020, Scarlett required full-time care so Heather had to leave her veterinary technician job at The Humane Society. She began working at another vet clinic in September and soon after, fell sick.

 

Heather has poured her heart and soul into taking care of animals and people alike. We humbly ask that if you are able, you return a little bit of the love she has put into the world by donating to this fund. As Heather will be unable to work for a long time as she recovers, this fund will help cover expenses such as her mortgage, medical bills and pet food for her family’s nine animal companions for the foreseeable future. 

 

Thank you in advance for alleviating some of the Callahan’s financial stress so all their collective energy can be poured into bringing Heather home <3

Venmo is also an option if you prefer that platform as a way of giving. Username @scarlett-callahan