Help/Support for Christine & Family
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I never thought in a million years I would be writing a Gofundme for my family. Growing up you think your parents are invincible, they're the all knowing beings who brought you into the world and solve all of your problems. Your mom can fix any boo-boo or cold with a hug and a kiss, she's magical and the center of your small universe. As you get older and you start to realize that no one lives forever, death is unavoidable even for somebody as all knowing and powerful as your parents. My mom has been my hero for the 20 years I've been on this earth and now, she needs help and at 20 I need help being her hero, that's why I started this page.
When my mom was 25 years old she found out she had an inoperable benign brain tumor on her optic nerve after going to the doctors for what she thought was a sinus infection. The doctor reassured her that the tumor wasn't cancerous and that it wouldn't effect her day to day life, which to my mom was so reassuring because she couldn't wait to be a wife and mother. My childhood with my mom was nothing short of wonderful, from baking cookies and painting to spending time at the Cape giggling in the water while my mom let me hang on her back while I swam. My mother was nothing short of a devoted mom who wanted her kids to have the most perfect childhood she could provide. When I was 13 years old, my father left us and my mom was absolutely devastated, she never wanted her children to go through a divorce or be without a father. During this trying time I noticed she was forgetful, she went from losing her keys to forgetting to pick me up from school and it simply wasn't like the super-mom my brother and I grew up with. Eventually, she was so out of it that her friends called 911. That's when our world turned upside down. My mom's tumor had grown, along with cysts, that caused Hydrocephalus ( a condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up within the ventricles (fluid-containing cavities) of the brain and may increase pressure within the head.)). The surgeons worked tirelessly to drain the fluid during a 14 hour long surgery, I was sure I was going to lose my mom. Thankfully, my mom woke and was ready to fight what was happening to her. After rehabilitation she was able to come home to my brother and I. My mom went back to work within a month of surgery because of her unstoppable will to provide for my brother and I. Unfortunately, in 2015, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. This was another huge setback for my mom, but she brushed it off and being the strong, graceful woman she is, and kept fighting while receiving treatments because she didn't want to let on how bad her worst days were to my brother and I. The tumor proceeded to grow and grew cysts, and eventually my mom wasn't able to work anymore and every week became a struggle to make ends meet. She still remained so positive and was always the first to help others, even when we barely had anything. The past month, my mom has been in and out of the hospital with brain bleeds and is in pain so severe that she can't mask it anymore. This week, my brother and I found out that there is nothing else that can be done for her. She will need to come home and receive nursing care and hospice care. My superwoman of a mother is now without her cape, defeated in her hospital bed, and I want to be her hero with some help. I always assumed this time would come when I was older, and I could afford anything she might need and more. I always imagined and prayed I would be her superwoman, the woman she inspired and raised me to be. Unfortunately, I'm supporting us paycheck to paycheck and can't even fathom how I'll be able to afford the care she needs, and the funeral and wake my superwoman so deserves. I want to be able to have my mom comfortably at home for her time left, and be able to honor her life. I'm scared I will have to work so much with no family help that I will miss the small time we have left together and I know I would never forgive myself if I could't be there for her, holding her had, and taking care of her the way that she's done for my 20 years. My heart is absolutely broken imagining my life without her, if there was one person who deserved a miracle in this life it's her and I believe this is our last chance. Please help me to be the woman to her that she has always been to me.
Any donation, share, or prayers would be appreciated more than you could imagine. The donations would be put to many uses such as; being able to afford in-home care so our time left with her could be in the comfort of our own home and not a nursing home. We need to be able to set our house up to support this and make sure that she is comfortable. We are a family of three with ZERO family help, both financially and support wise. With two children as the only source of income to put food on the table, pay rent, or even keep the lights on, you could imagine there are struggles. Our one last wish would be to be able to afford a proper funeral as well as services. For those that may not know her, my mother is the most caring and compassionate woman I have known in my eight-teen years. She is always a beam of sunshine and positive energy. She sacrificed everything she had to support us.
Thank you all for the support over the past week, we appreciate every single kind gesture towards us, and we cannot thank you all enough. We will post an update with our mother soon.
When my mom was 25 years old she found out she had an inoperable benign brain tumor on her optic nerve after going to the doctors for what she thought was a sinus infection. The doctor reassured her that the tumor wasn't cancerous and that it wouldn't effect her day to day life, which to my mom was so reassuring because she couldn't wait to be a wife and mother. My childhood with my mom was nothing short of wonderful, from baking cookies and painting to spending time at the Cape giggling in the water while my mom let me hang on her back while I swam. My mother was nothing short of a devoted mom who wanted her kids to have the most perfect childhood she could provide. When I was 13 years old, my father left us and my mom was absolutely devastated, she never wanted her children to go through a divorce or be without a father. During this trying time I noticed she was forgetful, she went from losing her keys to forgetting to pick me up from school and it simply wasn't like the super-mom my brother and I grew up with. Eventually, she was so out of it that her friends called 911. That's when our world turned upside down. My mom's tumor had grown, along with cysts, that caused Hydrocephalus ( a condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up within the ventricles (fluid-containing cavities) of the brain and may increase pressure within the head.)). The surgeons worked tirelessly to drain the fluid during a 14 hour long surgery, I was sure I was going to lose my mom. Thankfully, my mom woke and was ready to fight what was happening to her. After rehabilitation she was able to come home to my brother and I. My mom went back to work within a month of surgery because of her unstoppable will to provide for my brother and I. Unfortunately, in 2015, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. This was another huge setback for my mom, but she brushed it off and being the strong, graceful woman she is, and kept fighting while receiving treatments because she didn't want to let on how bad her worst days were to my brother and I. The tumor proceeded to grow and grew cysts, and eventually my mom wasn't able to work anymore and every week became a struggle to make ends meet. She still remained so positive and was always the first to help others, even when we barely had anything. The past month, my mom has been in and out of the hospital with brain bleeds and is in pain so severe that she can't mask it anymore. This week, my brother and I found out that there is nothing else that can be done for her. She will need to come home and receive nursing care and hospice care. My superwoman of a mother is now without her cape, defeated in her hospital bed, and I want to be her hero with some help. I always assumed this time would come when I was older, and I could afford anything she might need and more. I always imagined and prayed I would be her superwoman, the woman she inspired and raised me to be. Unfortunately, I'm supporting us paycheck to paycheck and can't even fathom how I'll be able to afford the care she needs, and the funeral and wake my superwoman so deserves. I want to be able to have my mom comfortably at home for her time left, and be able to honor her life. I'm scared I will have to work so much with no family help that I will miss the small time we have left together and I know I would never forgive myself if I could't be there for her, holding her had, and taking care of her the way that she's done for my 20 years. My heart is absolutely broken imagining my life without her, if there was one person who deserved a miracle in this life it's her and I believe this is our last chance. Please help me to be the woman to her that she has always been to me.
Any donation, share, or prayers would be appreciated more than you could imagine. The donations would be put to many uses such as; being able to afford in-home care so our time left with her could be in the comfort of our own home and not a nursing home. We need to be able to set our house up to support this and make sure that she is comfortable. We are a family of three with ZERO family help, both financially and support wise. With two children as the only source of income to put food on the table, pay rent, or even keep the lights on, you could imagine there are struggles. Our one last wish would be to be able to afford a proper funeral as well as services. For those that may not know her, my mother is the most caring and compassionate woman I have known in my eight-teen years. She is always a beam of sunshine and positive energy. She sacrificed everything she had to support us.
Thank you all for the support over the past week, we appreciate every single kind gesture towards us, and we cannot thank you all enough. We will post an update with our mother soon.
Organizer
Lauren Leblanc
Organizer
Shrewsbury, MA
