Help Erin access life-saving treatment abroad and support her family through the fight of her life. Join us in giving her the chance she deserves - and the support her daughters' need.

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Erin’s world changed overnight with a diagnosis no one should ever hear: stage 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive and relentless brain cancer. Her prognosis means she could very well have less than 5 years to live without near miraculous medical intervention. But if you know Erin, you know she’s not backing down.

There’s a new, promising treatment available in Germany that could give Erin more time — more life — but it comes at a steep cost. Erin's full-time job is fighting for her and her girls' futures as she is currently unable to work or earn income in her field of expertise as an employment attorney.

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Please read on for more on Erin's journey - in her own words:

"My life changed forever and irrevocably last year on the eve of my 44th birthday. My neurologist at the Mayo Clinic told me my MRIs showed a small mass/lesion which was most likely a brain tumor. On July 25, 2024, I was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma (GBM) in the left parietal lobe of my brain. It all began on December 15, 2023, with a tonic clonic seizure which came out of blue and happened in front of my brave girls, who got me help in a very scary situation, as I lay bleeding and unconscious on the tile floor of the kitchen. After a lot of testing, second opinions, lumbar punctures, and every possible MRI and neuro specialist weighing in, I finally had a brain surgery/biopsy, after which molecular testing of the mass confirmed I had the worst of the worst malignant gliomas to fight.

I began six weeks of radiation, 5 days per week, and 42 consecutive days of chemotherapy from August 6 through September 18th and then began additional chemotherapy in October and November. Unfortunately, a number of factors resulted in additional seizures, and me losing significant ability to use my right hand and arm and partially my right leg. The left parietal lobe controls right side body movement and speech and surgery, so removing the GBM is not an option for me in such a target rich environment.

I am currently learning to walk again as well as learning to use my right hand and right arm which have atrophied and been damaged by all the things that I will never quite understand that have happened in my brain. My dominant right hand hasn't worked for about five months which has been the most heartbreaking and because of the seizures as well I haven't able to drive. Independence = gone. To top it all off, following many months of medical leave from my job, I was let go in February.

Fighting brain cancer has by far been the most challenging, difficult and trying situation of my entire life. But... I have learned to ask for help and that I am not in inconvenience and that I am surrounded by SO. MUCH. LOVE. And I'm approaching this with as much as much hope and positivity as I can – and by god some days are harder than others of course – but why fight to live a life where you're angry and sad and believe you're going to die? No thank you.

When I initially got the diagnosis, my therapist told me to “look for the gifts” in the situation. And I wanted to punch her in the face. But we do virtual therapy and she's a very good therapist so that wasn't an option. Of course, she was right as always. There have been so many gifts revealed to me over the past 8 months. I have an amazing support network of friends and chosen family, fighting over who would give me rides to radiation, who would bring meals each night, who would take the girls when I needed to rest. And though we divorced in 2023, Sean Thomas has been our rock. The girls are doing so well in spite of it all. They are little warriors, too.

While I consider myself spiritual rather than religious, I certainly appreciate any thoughts, prayers, healing thoughts, light or love anyone wants to send my way as I’m going through this. I believe in the power of the collective, no matter what form it takes. My March MRIs showed tumor shrunk for the first time since treatment began, and my May scans held steady as well. I am looking forward to the next chapter of treatments in Germany. Much love xoxo Erin"