Hello. My name is Gina and I am fundraising for my daughter.

After great suffering and over a decade searching for answers, we were recently hit with the fact that my beautiful daughter Kylah has Chronic Neurological Lyme Disease and co-infections. While this news is devastating; we finally, after over 15 years, have an answer - The answer as to what she has been fighting, for so very long.

At around 12-13 years old, after years of sports and being athletic, Kylah started experiencing migrating joint and muscle pain. Along with this, came extreme fatigue, GI issues, migraines, and inevitably, depression and anxiety. Barely able to get out of bed some days, she missed countless days of school in her middle and high school years. This disease has taken so much from Ky, including 2 of her internal organs. As of the past year, new symptoms have presented. Tingling, numbness, and startling neurological symptoms, skin involvement, brain fog, memory loss, and much more.

Lyme is known as the Great Imitator. It can present as a variety of autoimmune disorders. Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Arthritis, Chronic Fatigue, MS and ALS to name a few. Kylah has been seen by countless doctors in the western medical field, had multiple diagnoses, and adhered to different treatment protocols throughout the years. Despite being “monitored” by rheumatologists for the last 10+ years, time after time, she’s been failed by our healthcare system. Devastatingly, Lyme Disease is unfamiliar territory for most MD’s. We too, were led to believe you can’t get Lyme disease in Southern California, especially without the presence of the typical Lyme rash or by a tick bite. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

My daughter, now at 29 has the opportunity to start treatment to detox her body of the Lyme and co-infections. She is very sick and there is no quick fix. Treatment can take anywhere from 12-24 months, followed by continued maintenance. There is no cure, but there is remission; there is hope.

Please keep Kylah in your prayers for healing and strength. This past year has been especially rough. I so badly want her to be able to experience living a normal life, but I know that it will be a long road to healing. With God on our side, she can do this. Unfortunately, treatment for Lyme is not covered by insurance, and the total cost is well over our means. This last year, Kylah has only been able to work very few days per week, minimal hours. Even this has become increasingly difficult for her, physically and mentally.

If you know Kylah, you know her heart and how much she cares about helping others. Hence, her ability to be an incredible nanny. I have come here to humbly ask for your support to aid us through this financial burden and help my daughter to get the treatment she needs. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you immensely for taking the time to read, share, and donate.

Ky would love for you to share her story to help spread awareness. Chronic Lyme Disease exists! Don’t accept an autoimmune disease diagnosis without proper testing to rule out Lyme disease and co-infections. God bless.