I have started this GoFundMe for Trish. She would never ask anyone for help, yet is always the first one to offer help to everyone. She volunteers at our local Erie Zoo, Erie Humane Society, at her church Erie First, she is on the County CERT team, County Volunteer Medical Corp, and is a HAM radio operator to help out with communications during emergencies.

Trish has developed hyperparathyroid, which scours all the calcium out of your bones. In one year, she went from healthy bone to severe osteoporosis. The nuclear test to see if she has a carcinoma failed as the radiation went through her vein and stayed in her arm (insurance won't pay for another). So, it's imperative she has all four of her parathyroid glands removed before her bones just crumble. The only surgeon that will do her surgery while she is awake with a cervical block is in Tampa, Florida (she can't be put to sleep because her brain may not tell her body to start breathing again).

She has a lot saved but still needs $1600 for the airfare, medical costs, and copays. We are praying that you all can please help her to get to her goal for September's anticipated surgery date...so that she can keep volunteering and helping out. Anything helps, even just a dollar or two to get her closer to her goal. But if you can't donate, please pray for Trish! Thank you and God bless.