Hello, and thank you for taking the time to look at our campaign. My name is Brent, and my two daughters and I have set up this Go Fund Me campaign for a very important person in our lives, my wife and their mother, Leah. Leah has relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis and after a number of serious relapses that have left her with extensive damage to both her spine and brain, her symptoms are becoming harder for her to deal with on a daily basis, and they affect so many aspects of her day to day living. Simple things we take for granted like walking, carrying a laundry basket up the stairs, cooking and even closing your eyes in the shower, are all challenging for her. It breaks our hearts to see this happening to the person who is the glue in our family. After 18 months of careful consideration as a family, we have decided her best treatment option is to have nonmyleoablative HSCT (Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation) at Clinica Ruiz in Puebla, Mexico. She will be in the care of the esteemed Dr. Guillermo José Ruiz Argüelles and his team for 28 days of intensive treatment beginning on October 14, 2019. Other than through clinical trials, for which Leah does not fit the narrow criteria, HSCT is not currently available in Canada. It is not a new, unproven, or fringe procedure. Clinical trials for HSCT have been happening for over 15 years, and the most recent findings published by the Journal of the American Medical Association found HSCT highly successful at halting progression of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis in the large majority of patients. I believe, as do others, with time it will become standard treatment for MS, but Leah doesn’t have that kind of time to wait. Every relapse leads to more damage to her central nervous system. Please watch our video to learn more about Leah, and please check out the additional information we have provided on Clinica Ruiz. The cost of the treatment is $54 500 US, but we have had close family members come forward and offer to help us with the procedure, allowing us to make our own personal goal of $30 000 Canadian more achievable.

Thank you for taking the time to consider helping us achieve our goal.

Sincerely, Brent, Belle and Piper

All about Clinica Ruiz:
https://youtu.be/wJHpMZ3c1Fc

BBC news report on HSCT:
https://youtu.be/TFyByMiwNNg