
A wonderful family survive
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My name is Sade, and I am trying to raise money to help my childhood best friend Katelyn, her fiancée, and their children keep their home and survive a constant round of horrible luck that the universe keeps throwing her way.
Katelyn & Daniel have been living for the well-being of their children since before they were even born. While visiting FL from WI, their 1st born baby girl Kendall was unfortunately diagnosed with cancer and has been fighting ever since. Because she was diagnosed in FL, they decided to move their life here in order to start her treatments immediately. This is an event that no one can possibly ever plan for, and launched the beginning of this family's medical struggle. No parent and child should have to go through this. Through the hundreds of doctor's visits, medical treatments, and heartache, Kendall thankfully was able to pull through after a few years and dominate her illness. Sadly, this does not stop the hospital visits or the unimaginable bills that comes with it. Nevertheless, the family survived with no outside help. It was very important for them to handle their family themselves. Over the year or so, it was not time to attempt to rebuild from this while simultaneously dealing with regular life.
Life then decided that it was not done throwing this family struggles. Daniel unfortunately lost his job a few months ago, which was already not paying enough to keep their head above water with everything they have had to go through. If that was not enough, tragedy once again struck this family, when Daniel suffered a heart attack right after a long-awaited interview for a new job. Katelyn was able to get him to the hospital in enough time for him to miraculously pull through, but there is still so much heart damage that he remains in ICU until further notice. His heart is currently working at 35% and he will be on meds for a the rest of his life while constantly monitoring his health via doctor visits.
This family was already struggling to stay afloat due to external issues outside of their control, and not only do they have to deal with another medical issue they are also now at risk of eviction. They have been unable to pay their rent since Daniel lost his job, and with his heart failure they now feel they will never financially recover from this.
My ask is that you find it in your heart to give what you can, to keep my best friend and her 3 children in their home or at least off the streets of Florida. If you follow the news, you all know that Florida is not the best place for help right now and the state's assistance is extremely limited. I fear an eviction or non-stable living situation would not only be traumatizing for my her family, but also cause irreparable damage to their daughter's cancer treatments and health.
If you have any questions at all, or question the validity of this fundraising attempt, please do not hesitate to reach out.
I greatly appreciate you all!
Thank you,
Sade
Organizer and beneficiary
Sade Sydney
Organizer
Arlington, VA
Katelyn Mineau
Beneficiary