Help Nordia as she continues to fight for her life

My friend Nordia is the 36 year old single mother of beautiful 5 year old daughter, Kennedy.  If you know Nordia you know she is a great mother and always puts that sweet little girl before herself.  She has always been a very hard worker and a great mother.  Sadly last summer she started experiencing some stomach pain.  It just felt like a burning sensation, pretty mild at first and then it became worse.  As the pain worsened it became difficult to eat and she began to lose weight.

 In August doctors did an upper endoscopy and found a mass.  Nordia was sent home with antibiotics.  Her health continued to decline over the next couple of months, and day to day functions became nearly impossible. In October she experienced a seizure and her little girl found her unconscious on the floor. Nordia was transported to St Joseph Hospital where it was determined that she had a bilateral pulmonary embolism.  She was diagnosed with metabolic acidosis, anemia, leukocytosis, hyperatremia, pneumonia, elevated liver enzymes and was in respiratory failure.  She was placed in the ICU in extreme critical condition.  Being unable to breath on her own due to respiratory failure a trach was inserted and she was placed in a medically induced coma, where she remained for over a month.  During this time Nordia was officially diagnosed with Gastric Cancer.  

From Saint Joseph hospital she went to Kindred Hospital for respiratory therapy to learn to talk and breathe on her own again.  From Kindred she went to Overland Park Rehab to gain strength on her right side and to learn to walk again.  She was finally strong enough to go home on December 24th, more than two months after she passed out from the seizure back in October.  She was back in the hospital on January 5th after another seizure, and then again a week later.   

Nordia's continues to fight this uphill battle.  She recently underwent surgery to insert a G-tube, and then had to go back to the emergency room when the G-tube failed.  She is preparing to begin radiation and chemotherapy.   

I asked Nordia how her illness has affected her.  Her response was "in so many ways. I can't see properlyanymore due to loss of peripheral vision in my right eye due to this illness.  My body has become disfigured; I now have a G-tube I walk around with.  I live in constant fear of when the next seizure will be, or the next time I will pass out and end up back in the hospital, or even worse back in a coma.  I am weak and daily tasks are almost impossible.  It breaks my heart how hard it is to take care of my daughter now, and it tears me up inside to know how much Kennedy has had to sacrifice due to my cancer.  I worry constantly how I will afford necessary medicine, keep a roof over our heads and utilities on.  I live in a constant state of worry about becoming homeless, and I worry even more that I will die and what will happen to my little girl." 

Nordia has been unable to work since September due to her cancer and complications.  Unfortunately her health insurance ran out on December 31st.  She is still far too weak to even consider being able to return to work.  Please rally with me to raise funds for this single Momma.  Nordia has enough on her plate just trying to fight this cancer and taking care of Kennedy, she doesn't need to worry about these very basic things.  Please help me to take this added stress from her. 

Please help in any way you can.   Nordia will use funds raised for medical bills, rent, utilities, and to meet her (and Kennedy's basic needs). 

Please also pray for Nordia as she begins radiation and chemotherapy, pray for complete healing and also please pray for her financial burden to be eased.

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