Help a Single Mother Fight for Her Life
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We are asking for help to raise money for our niece, Katina Shirey, who is battling stage 4 breast cancer.
Katina is a single mother to her 13-year-old daughter, Nadia. In 2015, she was first diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. After her diagnosis, she had a double mastectomy and received treatment. She fought through seven surgeries and recoveries throughout the next 3 years.
Through hospital stays and surgeries, she kept working to support her daughter. But in March 2018, due to her declining condition, Katina had to go from working full-time to part-time. Then, in April 2019, she found out the cancer had advanced to stage 4 and had spread to other areas of her body, so she had to stop working altogether. Her parents, Fred & Maxi, are both recently retired. They are also now solely responsible for all her medical and living expenses, totaling over $100,000.
Katina’s treatment is ongoing and will continue indefinitely. These treatments are her only chance of beating this, but the financial cost is overwhelming and increasingly burdensome.
In 2013, just 1 ½ years before Katina’s cancer diagnosis, Fred & Maxi lost their only other child in a car accident. This family has been through so much—more trials than anyone should have to face in one lifetime. And yet their faith in God remains stronger than ever. They are truly an inspiration to our family and everyone that knows them. Please consider making a donation to help relieve this enormous financial burden and win the fight to save her life. Every dollar and prayer matters at this point and would mean so much to all of us.
Thank you for your support, in whatever form you're able to give it.
Katina is a single mother to her 13-year-old daughter, Nadia. In 2015, she was first diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. After her diagnosis, she had a double mastectomy and received treatment. She fought through seven surgeries and recoveries throughout the next 3 years.
Through hospital stays and surgeries, she kept working to support her daughter. But in March 2018, due to her declining condition, Katina had to go from working full-time to part-time. Then, in April 2019, she found out the cancer had advanced to stage 4 and had spread to other areas of her body, so she had to stop working altogether. Her parents, Fred & Maxi, are both recently retired. They are also now solely responsible for all her medical and living expenses, totaling over $100,000.
Katina’s treatment is ongoing and will continue indefinitely. These treatments are her only chance of beating this, but the financial cost is overwhelming and increasingly burdensome.
In 2013, just 1 ½ years before Katina’s cancer diagnosis, Fred & Maxi lost their only other child in a car accident. This family has been through so much—more trials than anyone should have to face in one lifetime. And yet their faith in God remains stronger than ever. They are truly an inspiration to our family and everyone that knows them. Please consider making a donation to help relieve this enormous financial burden and win the fight to save her life. Every dollar and prayer matters at this point and would mean so much to all of us.
Thank you for your support, in whatever form you're able to give it.
Organizer and beneficiary
Jaden Bodden
Organizer
Reading, PA
Maxine Shirey
Beneficiary