<div>Hello, and thank you for stopping by. Here is our story. 
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>On a regular day, October 11th, 2023, Jenny had a " normal " mammogram and was told you are clear for another year. Then, a couple of days before Christmas, Jenny came to me after her shower and asked if I had seen any lumps in her armpit and her breast. After we investigated, sure enough, there were lumps—a golf ball in her armpit and a racquetball in her breast. We made the best of it and put on our smiles as best we could for the holidays with the family.
</div>
<div>Jenny was able to make an appointment for January 15th. We went in, and after questions and examinations, the Doctor wanted her to get into the cancer center right away, so she was able to get us there on January 23rd for a mammogram, ultrasound, and Biopsy. Two days later, on January 25th, she got the call that confirmed our worst fears. Cancer was the diagnosis. We met with the initial oncologist, and we were hit with just over 2 hours of information until I finally stopped him and asked him what the following immediate steps were that we needed to do. We were both so overwhelmed that it was beyond stressful and terrifying. We met with a general surgeon, he did an additional biopsy and told us that if the Biopsy came back positive, he would not do the surgery, which left us almost in tears. And sure enough, it also came back positive.
</div>
<div>The insurance company we had at the time asked if we would be willing to get a second opinion, we said yes with no delay. The only thing is that the doctors they wanted us to see were about 2.5 hours away. We decided to do it anyway and made the arrangements. Our kids hung out with some friends, Jenny and I drove to MN Oncology in Hudson, Wisconsin. The meeting with them was extraordinary; they made us feel at ease even though we were stressed and having a nightmare. When the Doctor stepped out to get some information for us, Jenny and I looked at each other, and we both said This is where we need to be, so we made the calls and made it happen.
</div>
<div>Everything moved even fast, but it felt like a snail's pace. Our next step was planning for the kids to be still able to go to school and not miss time, and for our dogs for our future trips, which were going to be every three weeks for 2 days each trip.
</div>
<div>Jenny's first chemo treatment was on February 19th, and then every three weeks until the end of June. This chemo was wrecking Jenny, she could barely keep anything in her system. She would eat, and 20 minutes later, it was gone. She continued to work, although taking about 2 weeks a month off because her body was hating chemo and the weakness of her immune system.
</div>
<div>April 25th came, and our puppy got very sick. After having him in the vet for a while, we had to make the decision, and with the information from the vet and our situation, we had to put him down. 13-month-old puppy. It was so difficult because he was such an amazing dog that everyone loved and adored, even with his separation anxiety.
</div>
<div>During all this, my place of employment decided they did not need me anymore and let me go on May 16th. Talk about adding more stress. Fortunately, considering the situation, I could get unemployment and negotiated insurance until the end of July. So now, not only are we worrying about Jenny's health, but we are also worried about financials even more than we were.
</div>
<div>Surgery was set for July 15th, a double mastectomy and lymph node harvest. Once we heard back from the surgeon, they found abnormal cells in the "good" side. The Doctor was positive and felt extremely confident she was successful but would still need to do radiation and more chemo to make sure any residual cancer cells were eradicated. Chemo resumed on August 19th, but we only needed to be down there for 1 day, which helped the costs, but it was still hard on us.
</div>
<div>Radiation started on September 9th and lasted until October 22nd. Jenny’s treatments were 5 days a week, for 6 weeks, which came out to 30 total treatments. We had to live in Minneapolis Monday through Friday and would come home on weekends to see the kids and the dog. A lot of travel has become a part of our lives.
</div>
<div>Sometime in February, Jenny's truck decided to break down (Transmission), and even though we looked for used parts, it was determined that the repair cost outweighed the truck's value. We have been a single-vehicle family, it is getting harder to maintain that, and with winter coming, we will need another vehicle. We are looking for a used 4WD vehicle that will work for our family.
</div>
<div>During all this, I finally received a phone call from one of the many resumes sent. I went to the interview, and shortly afterwards, I was offered the position and was excited to feel as though I was helping again. I started my job on May 5th, 2025, and have been happy that I get to go to work again.
</div>
<div>Jenny's last chemo was on June 9th, and we were so happy about this day! We all went down that weekend, and the kids were there when Jenny was able to ring her bell, acknowledging that cancer did not win!
</div>
<div>Early on, Jenny had made the decision not to have implants, but it is normal for them to leave enough skin during the mastectomy in the event the patient changes their minds. Jenny has maintained her feelings, and so one more surgery with some revisions to help her heal emotionally and physically. That took place on July 1st, she is recovering from this. Now we can heal as a family, and Jenny can heal. It has been a long ride, and now we as a family are working on recovering financially as well as mentally.
</div>

Anonymous

Jillene Khan

Robert Gilbertson

Kimberly Cole

Sean Whaley

Tim Nelson

Roxanne Kaldor

Barbara Rodberg

Denise & Kevin Jones

Sara Johnson

David Slomkowski

Melissa Carlson

Jude Homola

Madison Kozlowski

Kimberly Gerads

charles McDonald

Bianca Rachi

Zachary Klein

Support Jenny's Battle Against Cancer

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

Eligible for Profile Share Badge

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

Support Comments Allowlist

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

checkout headers audience

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

isEligibleForProfileBadge

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Support Jenny's Battle Against Cancer

Still $10,190 to go. Help us build momentum.