Hi, my name is Marysia (Maria) Niewola - my mother, Urszula needs ANY help she can get.

On March 14th, I found my mother incoherent, cold, and unable to move and immediately called 911. She was taken to Fountain Valley Regional Hospital where doctors discovered she had multiple blood clots in her lungs, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, and right-side heart failure - all on top of a slew of medical problems she was already suffering from COPD, CHF, stress, insanely high blood pressure, chronic pain due to a work injury, and depression.

The last few weeks have been unimaginable - she almost died once while in the ICU because of a mucus plug, thankfully doctors were able to figure out what it was and perform an emergency bronchoscopy.

Over the last 3 weeks, I have been packing up her apartment to move everything into storage, taking care of her fur children, going over her accounts and finances, and visiting her every day.

If you know my mom and me, then you know we're all each other has. We don't come from money, my mom immigrated here in the late 80s, my father left when I was a toddler, and the few memories I have of him belong in a tragic Lifetime Film. My Stepfather somehow found a way to one-up my biological father in all of the worst ways possible. I am reluctantly opening up about the tragic tale that is our (me and my mom's) existence. It's just the sad truth, a file I had wished to keep hidden. I hate asking for help. I'm not wired or know how to be vulnerable when it comes to things I'd have rather kept buried, typing this out, the circumstances that have been stacked against us, I could go on but I digress...on top of everything we have no family in the United States. I don't even know what it means/feels like to grow up with family (other than a few special individuals I was lucky enough to find and consider my chosen family).

I'm terrified of what this is going to cost, hence this Go Fund Me. I know her insurance will not cover the bulk of this...and then comes the question of what will happen next - and that's terrifying. Like I said, my mom and I are not ones to ask for help (I'm sure this Go Fund Me has already been very revealing to some) but the stress of all of this has been crushing us, some days I feel like I can't breathe. I would also like to try to do anything to alleviate her worry over what this hospitalization is going to do to her financially. At this point, I have nothing left to lose in being honest, we are alone. I hate being a burden and asking for help but I truly have nowhere/no one else to turn to. I hope the people who have grown to love my mother and me (or even just recognize our plight, our sad tale, or can acknowledge the unfortunate set of cards we were dealt).

I am just a daughter who loves her mother and will do anything to help. If you can help in any way and/or repost we'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you.