Please help Sarah as she overcomes her illness!
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As many of you know, Sarah Devlin is an amazing wildlife photographer in Chatham. Her photos have won many awards and have brought smiles to many .
I met Sarah through our girls who all grew up and went to school together. She is a caring friend, kind person and needs our help. Sarah has been diagnosed with dermatomyositis. Dermatomyositis is a connective-tissue disease characterized by inflammatory and degenerative changes to muscle and skin and in some cases (Sarah's), inflammation of the lungs. It is rare…affecting about 10 in 1 million a year. There isn’t a cure, but aggressive treatment can bring about remission or at the very least….manageable symptoms. Currently, Sarah's arms and legs are very weak and she is on a soft food diet because swallowing is difficult. As if 2020 wasn't trying enough!!
Sarah will be receiving immunoglobulin therapy beginning the end of May at Tufts Medical Center. This therapy will cost roughly $45,000 a month and her insurance will pay 80%. The problem is because this is such a rare condition, this could take a year of therapy before she is even in remission. There is no cure, so remission is extremely important!! A $9,000 a month bill on top of regular monthly bills is a bit overwhelming to say the least especially when Sarah cannot do her freelance marketing job nor take photos. One of her daughters is off on her own and the other 2 are living at home.
Other ways to help are gas cards, grocery cards or head over to her website and buy yourself a present.
Any bit can help. Thank you so very much!!
Sue Linnell
I met Sarah through our girls who all grew up and went to school together. She is a caring friend, kind person and needs our help. Sarah has been diagnosed with dermatomyositis. Dermatomyositis is a connective-tissue disease characterized by inflammatory and degenerative changes to muscle and skin and in some cases (Sarah's), inflammation of the lungs. It is rare…affecting about 10 in 1 million a year. There isn’t a cure, but aggressive treatment can bring about remission or at the very least….manageable symptoms. Currently, Sarah's arms and legs are very weak and she is on a soft food diet because swallowing is difficult. As if 2020 wasn't trying enough!!
Sarah will be receiving immunoglobulin therapy beginning the end of May at Tufts Medical Center. This therapy will cost roughly $45,000 a month and her insurance will pay 80%. The problem is because this is such a rare condition, this could take a year of therapy before she is even in remission. There is no cure, so remission is extremely important!! A $9,000 a month bill on top of regular monthly bills is a bit overwhelming to say the least especially when Sarah cannot do her freelance marketing job nor take photos. One of her daughters is off on her own and the other 2 are living at home.
Other ways to help are gas cards, grocery cards or head over to her website and buy yourself a present.
Any bit can help. Thank you so very much!!
Sue Linnell
Organizer and beneficiary
Susan Campbell Linnell
Organizer
Chatham, MA
Sarah Devlin
Beneficiary