((*** UPDATE***)) My mother Passed away the other night unexpectedly. I loved her with all my heart and I already miss her. I moved this to the funeral Memorial section and I will only be keeping this up until the end of the month. All moneys raised will go for her funeral costs and whatever misc. bills and debts I can with whatever happens to be raised. Hopefully we can at least make it to the 5000 mark. so please continue to share. Thank you all so much for your support. Much Love. And please feel free to see what we were originally going to do below. and check out the video and her past ones . she was such a wonderful woman.
Hello my name Is Zachary and I am raising money for my mother Mitsi Longshore. She has stage 4 Small cell lung cancer and it has recently moved to her Brain and liver. Below I will briefly tell you her story and then the Plan! Thank you for your support!
Her Story.
My mother had decided to Convert her van into a tiny home and travel while living in it. Her big end goal was to get to California and meet Ellen DeGeneres and be on the show. She Loves her so much. She tried to make it for 3 years. And all the While she was vlogging the whole thing on her own YouTube channel called Mits Adventures! ( here's a LINK <-- )
Covid hit amongst other Setbacks. She got as far as Quartzite Arizona and then she wasn't feeling well and set up camp there. 6 months ago she went to the hospital in an ambulance because she couldn't breathe. That's when they found the cancer. I flew to Arizona, picked up her van, and then picked her up from the hospital and we drove back here to Illinois.
She stayed with my sister for a while till she found an assisted care place that would take her with the insurance. She hates it there, and I do not Blame her one bit. It kills me that she has to be there instead of with me. My sister could only have her there briefly because of space. And I don't have anywhere suitable for her to stay here with me and unfortunately cannot afford to move into a place where i can have her stay with me. Which brings us to the PLAN!
The Plan!
The plan is since she cant go on her Mits Adventures alone anymore then I'll just have to take her! I plan on buying a RV that can accommodate her and has place for myself and my brother. We aren't against sleeping on the floor if we have to! We will then take this RV and head to California to complete her Quest to meet Ellen DeGeneres. We will meet with her friends along the way so she can say goodbye. Plan to have all of the hospitals on the routes marked out and have everything that we can have or need for her on the way and then just go until she cant go anymore instead of being stuck in a home away from family waiting to die. Especially after she had been living the Care free Retired Tiny home on wheels lifestyle and she was Free!
The Reality of the Situation.
the reality of the situation is that she doesn't have much time left. There is the Chance always for a miracle and it could go into remission with this next treatment and she will be around and able bodied enough to Go on this trip God willing. If we Raise the money fast enough and the treatments go well we can do it. If we cant reach the full goal or her health deteriorates to where it would be impossible for her to go then the money raised will go to pay for first her Cremation then debts and bills if enough is raised but she is not healthy enough to Go, i will use the money to rent a home for however long i can and have her live with me in it until she passes and then go from there.
Also if we cannot go I'm trying to get Ellen to have like a Zoom call with her before she passes so if anyone is able to contact Ellen. I have tried to no avail.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and caring enough to even think of helping us reach this crazy goal.
Much Love and thanks.