Help Faye beat Leukemia
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Faye has Leukemia.
Faye Prekeges is a smart, empathetic, funny, fun, hardworking, no BS girl. A bit outspoken like her dad! She speaks French, loves to travel, read, listen to music, write poetry and swim. She spent 8 weeks in France as an exchange student when she was a sophomore in high school and worked at a refugee camp in Greece for 2 weeks when she was a senior. She also worked on her school’s newspaper and wrote articles for one of her local Idaho newspapers. She was captain of the swim team junior year and spent summers working for her dad at Grumpy’s. After graduation and acceptance to Northeastern University’s international start program she left for Sydney Australia in July of 2019 for her first semester of college.
Sadly, things changed when Faye was back in Boston for her second semester. In February of 2020, Faye thinking she had the flu took an Uber to Boston Medical Center because she had been sick for several days and her fever was 104 degrees. Instead of the flu, she was diagnosed with mono. The doctors running tests were concerned about her blood counts so admitted her for further testing. Her mom came to Boston and upon arrival they were told she has leukemia. After a bone marrow biopsy, she was specifically diagnosed with high-risk B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Faye began treatment in Boston and was transferred to Seattle Children’s Hospital at the end of March. After 3 months of intense chemotherapy Faye was given the news she would need a bone marrow transplant. She had a small population of leukemia cells that were resistant to the chemo she had been given. This was her best chance for long term survival. In addition, she was told that she would be infertile due to the full body irradiation and high dose chemo she would receive prior to transplant. WOW…what a change in this young ladies life.
Faye is strong and a fighter so she decided bone marrow transplant it is! In addition, she chose to have an ovary removed for a chance of fertility preservation. This is new science and Faye was the first person to have it done at Seattle Children’s. Her ovary was transferred overnight to Pittsburgh where it was processed and frozen and will end up in Minnesota for long term storage.
In the meantime, a house has been rented for a year in Seattle close to the hospital. Pete is driving back and forth to Idaho to run both business during a pandemic. Restaurants and bars aren’t the best line of work to be in right now but if you know Pete he is making it happen! Molly has stopped working to be Faye’s caregiver and neither she nor Faye have been home since Faye’s diagnosis. George is beginning his senior year of college and hoping he will not get sent home to work online again!
Because Faye’s immune system will be like that of a newborn baby she was told not to work or attend school in person for a year. Faye loves to learn so her goal is to begin classes online in the spring and eventually attend the University of Washington full time. Even though she took a medical leave of absence and eventually withdrew from Northeastern she has not stopped learning. She watches you tube videos that college professors have posted of classes that interest her. She watches tv shows in Norwegian to help her learn another “easy” language. Her French teacher from high school has sent her books in French and gave her a list of others to read. She is an amazing young lady!
The funds raised are to help with medical costs not covered by insurance and costs associated with the transplant process…rental apartment in Boston, bills from Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s, rental house in Seattle, lost tuition at Northeastern, fertility preservation surgery (not covered by insurance), long term health care.
There is a caring bridge set up to follow her progress if you wish to./
https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/fayeprekeges
In lieu of funds, especially with a pandemic hitting us all hard in our economy, we ask that you register as a bone marrow donor, so in the future you to may be able to save a life. bethematch.org
Faye Prekeges is a smart, empathetic, funny, fun, hardworking, no BS girl. A bit outspoken like her dad! She speaks French, loves to travel, read, listen to music, write poetry and swim. She spent 8 weeks in France as an exchange student when she was a sophomore in high school and worked at a refugee camp in Greece for 2 weeks when she was a senior. She also worked on her school’s newspaper and wrote articles for one of her local Idaho newspapers. She was captain of the swim team junior year and spent summers working for her dad at Grumpy’s. After graduation and acceptance to Northeastern University’s international start program she left for Sydney Australia in July of 2019 for her first semester of college.
Sadly, things changed when Faye was back in Boston for her second semester. In February of 2020, Faye thinking she had the flu took an Uber to Boston Medical Center because she had been sick for several days and her fever was 104 degrees. Instead of the flu, she was diagnosed with mono. The doctors running tests were concerned about her blood counts so admitted her for further testing. Her mom came to Boston and upon arrival they were told she has leukemia. After a bone marrow biopsy, she was specifically diagnosed with high-risk B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Faye began treatment in Boston and was transferred to Seattle Children’s Hospital at the end of March. After 3 months of intense chemotherapy Faye was given the news she would need a bone marrow transplant. She had a small population of leukemia cells that were resistant to the chemo she had been given. This was her best chance for long term survival. In addition, she was told that she would be infertile due to the full body irradiation and high dose chemo she would receive prior to transplant. WOW…what a change in this young ladies life.
Faye is strong and a fighter so she decided bone marrow transplant it is! In addition, she chose to have an ovary removed for a chance of fertility preservation. This is new science and Faye was the first person to have it done at Seattle Children’s. Her ovary was transferred overnight to Pittsburgh where it was processed and frozen and will end up in Minnesota for long term storage.
In the meantime, a house has been rented for a year in Seattle close to the hospital. Pete is driving back and forth to Idaho to run both business during a pandemic. Restaurants and bars aren’t the best line of work to be in right now but if you know Pete he is making it happen! Molly has stopped working to be Faye’s caregiver and neither she nor Faye have been home since Faye’s diagnosis. George is beginning his senior year of college and hoping he will not get sent home to work online again!
Because Faye’s immune system will be like that of a newborn baby she was told not to work or attend school in person for a year. Faye loves to learn so her goal is to begin classes online in the spring and eventually attend the University of Washington full time. Even though she took a medical leave of absence and eventually withdrew from Northeastern she has not stopped learning. She watches you tube videos that college professors have posted of classes that interest her. She watches tv shows in Norwegian to help her learn another “easy” language. Her French teacher from high school has sent her books in French and gave her a list of others to read. She is an amazing young lady!
The funds raised are to help with medical costs not covered by insurance and costs associated with the transplant process…rental apartment in Boston, bills from Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s, rental house in Seattle, lost tuition at Northeastern, fertility preservation surgery (not covered by insurance), long term health care.
There is a caring bridge set up to follow her progress if you wish to./
https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/fayeprekeges
In lieu of funds, especially with a pandemic hitting us all hard in our economy, we ask that you register as a bone marrow donor, so in the future you to may be able to save a life. bethematch.org
Fundraising team (3)
Matt Heaps
Organizer
Spokane, WA
Molly Prekeges
Beneficiary
Vince Kopec
Team member
Kent Schaefer
Team member
