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Maria Florencia's Hospital & Illness Recovery Fund

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I'm creating a Go Fund Me account for my older sister Florencia. Those of you who know her know what an active lively person she has been her entire life. If you think you're an energetic individual then you haven't met my sister Flo. She has more energy than multiple people combined! Or so she did. It's amazing to think that a little over a year ago she was working full-time and singing and dancing every day. That was before she started getting very dizzy and experiencing headaches. She couldn’t walk without feeling sick. It wasn't long before they found out she had a brain tumor. They told her they'd monitor it with medication if it grew then take next steps. My family and I were already very worried finding out that she had a tumor to begin with, but we never anticipated that she would soon develop blood clots in her legs. Unfortunately, they didn't catch this in time and she ended up with a saddle pulmonary embolism. For those of you who do not know what that is it is basically a large PE that straddles the pulmonary trunk extending to both left and right pulmonary arteries. The doctor told her that night that if she hadn't come into the hospital when she did she'd be dead.  Now she has diminished lung capacity, lung infarction and will be on blood thinners for a year. Since then it has been a downward spiral with nine hospitalizations and new symptoms daily. From asthma to joint pain to radiating pain in legs and arms with painful burning sensation, to shooting pangs in chest, breathing difficulties, problems walking, vision loss and even cardiac issues. Everytime they run blood work something new appears and along with a new diagnosis comes new medication. It is never ending. I don't know how many of you watched House, but I sometimes wish he was real so he could figure out why my sister is having so many new symptoms. She has a hematologist, pulmonologist, rheumatologist, cardiologist, gastroenterologist, urologist, etc etc. She has been diagnosed with several autoimmune disorders and in the last couple of months was referred to an infectious disease doctor who diagnosed her with lyme disease. So now she is being treated for this and everything else, but the process is very long and it will be many months before she even begins to feel even a little better. In the meantime, she has not been able to work or really do anything other than rest at home. My sister has always been a very private person and is not one to share her medical issues much less her bills which is why I felt I had to be the one to do this for her so that I can share her story with her friends in hopes that people will be generous and kind.

If you would like to donate some money to help my sister, this would be a tremendous help. We all know specialists and hospital bills are not cheap and with her not being able to work the bills are growing. The sooner you can donate the better. Anything will help and prayers also go a long way. Please keep my sister in your prayers! My family and I have faith that she will go back to being that happy active hyper girl she once was.
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Donations 

  • Anonymous
    • $60 
    • 1 yr
  • Anonymous
    • $50 
    • 3 yrs
  • Jim Foster
    • $50 
    • 4 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $100 
    • 4 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $15 
    • 4 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Ana Cadagan
Organizer
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Maria Cadagan
Beneficiary

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