
Laura Free is healing from stage 4 BC in spine
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My name is Makani, and I am Laura Free's daughter.
Laura is really doing a fantastic job healing from this. I am amazed daily, and so are her providers. In July/August, she fell and hurt her back/hip/thigh by tripping over the cat. She went to get xrays and they discovered that although shed been healing her breast cancer naturally, the increased stress and chaos from covid had caused a reappearance of the cancer, and it had spread to her bones. It was deemed widespread bone metastases. She has tumors in her spine, which was causing intense pain and curvature, which led to compression fractures and some nerve involvement. There are tumors in her thigh/hip/pelvic bones, and there were breaks from the weakened bone. She has to do 6 months of weekly chemo treatments, and is about 4 months into that process. She has applied for disability, and was approved but will not receive benefits until march of 2023. In the mean time she is supposed to not work. Which is literally what she should do. BUT as a self employed hair dresser with no benefits, that is single, and a homeowner, NOT WORKING is not an option. So she has been, BLESS HER HEART, working on her feet, doing hair, standing hunched over a shampoo bowl, with a fractured spine. Its been tough. Managing the pain has been a challenge, managing the exhaustion, managing her home. She has to pay the bills though. EVERY DOLLAR counts. Each donation, even the small ones, contributes to time she is able to either take off when she is sick, or hire someone to clean, or pay someone to help with her hair clients. Please if you can donate, I have been helping as much as I can, but am also working full time. THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTIVE AND ENCOURAGING we really appreciate it!!!
*****We somehow got locked out of the previous fundraiser and decided to just make a new one that will allow us to set mom up as the beneficiary now that she is beginning to feel a lot better and can think more clearly.*****
(I am going to try to copy and paste from the previous one and manually add in previous donations. I am sorry for any of the kind comments that may not be transferred. )
Organizer and beneficiary
Makani Couk
Organizer
Austin, TX
Laura Free Wheeler
Beneficiary