Hello all, my name is Acasia - most of you know me (Karen's niece). As most of you know, Karen was recently told she had an artial myxoma on Wednesday, January 19th. She was immediately scheduled for open-heart surgery on Thursday, January 27th.

Karen is not the kind of person to ask for any help; instead, she's always donating to others. We know this will cause a financial burden as she will not be able to work for a minimum of 4-6 weeks.

Courtney (Karen's daughter) will be posting updates on this page as she has them.

Here is Karen's first update as of 01/20/22:

"Prayer warriors — we need you.

Yesterday, I thought I was going in to go over results of a stress test, I was wrong. They instead were going to do an ultrasound of my heart, where they found a large mass (8-10cm) connected to my inter atrial septum. This is flowing throughout my left atrium and ventricle, back and fourth through the mitral valve. They are confident it is a benign atrial myxoma, 1 in 10,000 people get this. They don’t know how you get it, where it comes from or how long I’ve had it. They think within the last year or so and said that it is one of the largest they’ve seen.

I will have a cardiac cath done Wednesday next week and open heart surgery Thursday to remove this mass. It doesn’t feel right to ask for prayers for myself but I do think I need them at this time. Please keep the prayers coming. My family and I appreciate it so much."

We appreciate your donations, prayers and kind words. We are truly blessed with an amazingly supportive tribe of people!

Acasia