Help for the Helper - Katrina's Cancer Fight

If I had to describe my sister in one word it would be helper. If you know her, you know her heart is as big as they come. She would give the shirt off her back, a meal to eat or a couch to sleep on without hesitation. Her smile and laughter are contagious and people know from the second they meet her how special she is because of how she makes them feel. I guess selfless would be another great word to describe her. Well unfortunately life has taken an unexpected turn and she could use some encouragement and help right now. In the beginning of August, Katrina was diagnosed with stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma that is also in her lymph nodes. While the cancer is aggressive, by the grace of god, testing has shown that it is isolated to one breast. On September 13th she had her first chemotherapy treatment and started her cancer killing journey. Katrina’s 26-year life partner, Bob has been on dialysis since November 2008. Katrina has been focused on taking care of Bob and his health and now she has her own battle to fight. Due to Bob’s kidney disease and the extensive treatments he has to undergo on a weekly basis, he cannot provide in the capacity he would love to and that he once did. Katrina’s income is a significant asset to paying their bills and their overall wellbeing. Now that Katrina has to be out out of work to undergo her treatments and care for herself, it is putting an extreme financial burden on these two amazing, hardworking people who just want to get by and live a simple life enjoying their time together. Katrina does not have health insurance and is now on Medicaid to cover her medical expenses. She has started the process to get on disability to supplement some of her lost income but her appointment with social security isn’t until October 21st. As the bills are piling up, this sudden shortage of income has started to burden Katrina and Bob. Those of us around them know how independent and self sufficient they both are but we also know that they need help right now. We would love to see the stress of this financial burden lifted from them so Katrina can focus on her health and kicking cancer’s ass. She is an extremely tough woman but could really use some help right now. Please consider donating to help Katrina in her time of need. Any amount would help and be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to help in any other way. Thank you!