Hi, my name is Shanice. My mom was diagnosed in July of 2019 with cirrhosis of the liver just months after my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal lung cancer. My mom has been getting a paracentesis done every two weeks for the last year. Just recently her Drs office and radiology at the hospitals communication was lost. My mom was the middle man. The Dr office would send her paperwork to radiology and radiology would say they didn’t receive it or it was “incomplete.”This happen several time over 6 weeks so they would cancel moms appointment and fill her slot. Finally after 6 weeks of not going, we decided to just try and take her to the ER again where they denied her prior because there was no room for her. They took out 12.6 liters in 30 mins and probably needed another 16 liters out. The next day was a Thursday, she woke up feeling sick. Friday morning she thought for sure she had the flu. Saturday, she still was not feeling well and Sunday morning we found her in bed unresponsive. We called 911 where they rushed her to the ER. Her body had gone into septic shock. She had internal bleeding, come to find out she had varicose veins on her esophagus that ruptured due to all the toxins and pressure in her body. She had a full blood transfusion. Her kidneys shut down due to the lose of blood for so long. The next day her hemoglobin dropped again so they gave her more blood and platelets. Her kidneys did improve but not to where they needed to be to possibly qualify for dialysis. Had they, it still would have been a challenge because she no longer had a liver so her blood pressure wasn’t strong enough to circulate the blood during dialysis. That leads us to this…. Mom is getting discharged tomorrow on hospice. Her life expectancy is just a waiting game. We want to enjoy every minute we have left with her but unfortunately funds are low and we can’t take care of mom everyday on our own when we have to work and provide for our families as well. If you have it in your heart to donate PLEASE do. Every dollar will go to caregiving to keep mom safe and comfortable when we can’t be there and her end of life expenses. I know it’s the holidays and times are difficult. I wouldn’t ask if I didn’t have to but unfortunately there is no way my sister and I can do this on our own. Our mom is the mom you could go to for anything. That went for everyone that walked into the house. You were hungry, she fed you. You needed a place to stay, she let you stay. You did something wrong, mom made it ok. She has the biggest heart and just loved everyone. She deserves the right care and this is the only way to make it possible. Thank you and happy holidays!

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