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Penny Sonheim with medical bills

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Hi my name is Ashley and I’m looking for help for my aunt, Penny Sonheim. Here is my aunt’s story. She is a 1984 graduate of LHS in Rapids.
She has always adopted at least 2 families at Christmas to make sure they have a Christmas.
She lives in Delevan WI. Well this year my aunt was robbed of her Christmas. She was sick for couple of months and finally went to doctor. He put her in the hospital immediately due to high liver and pancreas enzymes. She was in rockford hospital from Tuesday to Friday. During that time they did a scope down her throat and put a stent in due to blockage in duct biles coming out of liver, pancreas, spleen and gall bladder. She then found out they found a tumor and was probably cancer. The terrible news was Confirmed cancer on dec 19th. Her surgery is Jan 11th at UW Madison. It is ampullary cancer in bile ducts. The surgery is a 5 hr surgery and she will have to spend 1 to 2 weeks at least in the hospital. They will be taking gallbladder out, part of stomach, part of pancreas, part of bile ducts, part of small bowel. She won’t know about further treatments until after surgery. The recovery time is 4 to 8 weeks. She Will be on FMLA, receiving some pay. My aunt Was working 2nd job at her church, but she hasn’t worked at church for a month and will not be able to for 4 to 8 weeks. So that’s more $ she is missing out on as these bills keep increasing. She will get some Insurance money but that will go for helping with living expenses. My aunt is one of the most selfless people I’ve ever know, I’m hoping we can give back and be able to lessen her stress load at least a little. New year means new deductible and that’s not helping matters at all. Even $1 adds up.
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Organizer and beneficiary

Ashley Sonheim-Mathias
Organizer
Delavan, WI
Penny Sonheim
Beneficiary

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