What's Happening?

My second Open-heart surgery at the Mayo Clinic- St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota on Thursday, October 23, 2025! (My first OHS was February 4, 2022). Joe really thinks that Kris is just a medical issue show-off and craves attention along with a 'health care power user' social media badge.

The Backstory:

In 1976, when Kris was nine years old, she had a lump at the base of her neck that was painful. That lump ended up being cancer- stage 2 Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Kris and her mom, Sharon spent each week, Monday-Friday in Rochester, Minnesota at the Mayo Clinic receiving treatment from the fall of 1976 to the spring of 1977. They traveled home on the weekends to be with Kris' dad, and her 3 year old sister. Although there were many uncertainties about residual impact of the treatment, the one and only goal at the time was to save her life.

Fast forward 48 years. Kris now needs another 'tune-up' as she puts it. The radiation that saved her life also inflicted a great deal of damage on her heart, neck and lungs. Kris, Joe, Grace, and Sam are grateful for your love, prayers, and support in the upcoming weeks.

Funds raised on this Go Fund Me page will be put towards current and upcoming medical bills, gas cards, and meals. This will especially help with covering hotel stays for Kris' advocates while they are in Rochester. Someone will be with Kris and looking out for her everyday.