Help Stage 4 Cancer Patient Afford New Car

My name is Nora, also known as Cain. My dogs are my life, competing and training with them in dog sports. A big part of what makes it possible is my Ford Transit Connect, which has the space to haul my dogs. It's made trips from the Midwest all the way to the East Coast, and back again.

Unfortunately, on Halloween of 2024, at just 26 years old, I was diagnosed with Stage 4B Uterine cancer. I "made too much money" at the vet clinic I worked at to qualify for Medicaid, so I had to leave my job to get the coverage I needed to afford treatment for my cancer. While I can now get the treatment I need to save my life, I have no income.

My Ford Transit had a new important job, getting me to and from chemotherapy, doctors offices, and surgeries. It has been a blessing to me. But now, just as I finish recovering from a major surgery and get ready to resume chemotherapy and radiation, my van has become undrivable.

One identified problem is that as anti freeze is poured into the van, some sort of tube or pipe tucked under and behind the engine is spewing it all out immediately. All the fluid we had put into it was completely drained out within 5 minutes. The sliding side doors have also become unusable, and at one point one of them almost completely fell off the van. More than likely, the costs to fix my transit will be greater than the value of it.

It has become a majorly stressful situation as I now no longer have a way to independently take care of myself, getting myself to the doctor appointments and treatments I need for my cancer, on top of lacking the income to fix my van, or get a new one. Donations aren't required, but even just spreading the word could help me gather the funds to help me secure a new vehicle so I can continue my cancer treatment, and hopefully in the future more events with my dogs.