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Please help my family with medical expenses after chemo.

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Hello everyone, as some of you may already know, my mom had been dealing with lymphoma cancer for the last 2 years. In April of this year, she was finally declared cancer free which was a huge milestone in our lives. We were all extremely excited to finally have my mom take a much deserved rest. She fought ferociously and the journey was bumpy. Since my mom was already immuno compromised due to lupus, my dad and I had to ensure she got a very specialized type of chemo that would not exhausther immune system to the point of becoming unrepairable. As you can imagine this was extremely costly, but we were able to push through.


Unfortunately these last few months have been extremely difficult for my family. After a victory that meant everything to us, my dad had a hernia rupture that landed him in the hospital for a week this last May. This was really hard on my mom and I, but we were once able to push through. Two days ago, my mom started to feel ill and passed out causing her to fall down the stairs. This resulted in a broken foot and rib and finding out that she has an awful kidney infection that had to immediately be treated with specialized antibiotics. I'm glad we were able to catch it since her body seemed to have fighting it for a bit now. This lead to her white cells being dangerously depleted and now she has to stay under observation until they are able to bring her back to a reasonable number. Without this, she would've been at too much of a high risk due to her body being unable to fight.


If you know me, you know I don't like to ask for help, but this has put immense financial strain on my family and I. My dad and I are still paying for the chemo treatment and with two more hospital stays between the two of them, the bills have piled up and we are coming to a point where our livelihoods and specially theirs is being affected. We are extremely behind on bills and there's nowhere else we can trim down. My heart shattered when my dad broke down on the phone because he would give the world for my mom and he won't stop at anything, but they deserve a break. My parents have been nothing but wonderful human beings and if you know them, you know how kind and giving they are. They deserve to have peace after beating cancer. They deserve to have a calm life and be able to move on from this.


So humbly, I ask that if any of you can donate please do so. Any shares, even just reading this helps out and I know my parents would be elated to be able and get through this with everyone's support. I truly thank you all for you kindness and support!

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Maritza Ruiz Funes
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Miami, FL

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