Join Kai's Fight Kicking the Crap Out of Cancer

Kai is a 33-year-old non-profit worker who survived Stage 3 Ovarian cancer in 2021. She has spent the last 14 years working in and with public schools and community-based organizations, particularly around music and educational equity. She is passionate about her South King County community and values her friends and family.

In mid-October, an Emergency Room visit due to back and shoulder pain revealed shadows under her right lung, and further scans revealed several mid-size tumors in the lower right lobe despite being young and a non-smoker. Although we have caught the metastatic cancer before it spread further in the body, it is still late-stage and requires multiple rounds of biomarking tests and will need chemotherapy, and likely radiation and immunotherapy to be determined by her additional biopsies. Kai's previous health issues have caused complications in receiving treatment and require a lot of testing.

Unfortunately, even with insurance, this means that in just one month thousands of dollars have racked up in medical bills, that will only continue to rise over time. Lung Cancer is notorious for long treatment times, ranging from several months to years.