In Search of Life-Saving Answers for Marcia

Marcia and her family need our help!

We’ve known and loved Rusty and Marcia Tassinari for over 20 years. They are exemplary, hard-working, God-loving people, the likes of which we should all strive to emulate. Unfortunately in this world, disease does not discriminate, nor does it care what kind of remarkable life we lead.  We are left to struggle the best we can while still caring for our family.   Marcia faces a dire health challenge, but she and her family hold out hope for a life-saving diagnosis and treatment. A small sacrifice from us can keep their hopes alive.

Marcia was an avid athlete who enjoyed running, cycling, hiking, and thrived on fitness. As a physical therapist, she healed others who were suffering from pain. In the last nine months she has suffered from a puzzling condition that has caused chest and abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, inability to eat and overwhelming fatigue. Multiple visits to physicians at Scripps and UCSD and dozens of tests have shed no light on the cause.

Marcia has lost weight (down to 76 lbs!) and is losing strength daily. She can no longer work or care for her young children. Because of their reduced income, her teenage daughter will work to help pay the family household expenses. Their next (and maybe last) option is the Mayo Clinic, which is not covered under their health insurance.

We need your prayers, your ideas for a diagnosis, and we need financial assistance to help medical experts find life-saving answers. Any amount would be a tremendous help to a wonderful family trying to live through devastating circumstances.  We're not social media experts so if you can also help spread the word to your circle of family and friends through sharing on Facebook or Twitter, please click on those logos below.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts and God Bless you.


Andy and Rusty's Thursday morning Cursillo brothers.