Please Help Sherry Rise From the Ashes

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Please Help Me Rise From The Ashes after losing everything in devastating fire and
having to delay cancer surgery due to the pandemic. 

Many of you know me as a veteran ABC and CBS prime time executive of many years ago where I was lucky to work on the best and the funniest shows ever such as the classic original Roseanne and Home Improvement for many years.   I worked with top writers and producers and developed a deep appreciation for how they used humor to overcome tragedies and challenges in the lives of their characters. It was there that I went on to create a charity (Rx Laughter.org) that could help children learn the power of laughter and humor as a form of “medicine” in treatments, especially to manage their pain. Little did I know that I would have to face the most devastating challenges in my own life that would require every ounce of humor just to help me survive.

On May 29: 2018 at 1:30 am, a devastating and unexplained stove explosion occurred when I was alone in my small rental home in my beloved long time Cambria California.

The fire department said that the home was so completely demolished that a cause could not be unearthed. I had no insurance,  as it had lapsed while I caregave for my  elderly mom.  I almost died from suffocation. By my wits and instincts, I got out in time, alive, to be driven by ambulance 4 hours south to the esteemed Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles.  Luckily, or maybe by my instincts, the fire completely missed my face and
hit mylegs . It is there at the Grossman Burn Center  that I endured months of unbearable skin grafts, skin debriding, and more very painful procedures and a complete loss of my independence.

I have since been in a nursing facility and now a long term UCLA lodging facility which is not financially covered and which I must find a way to pay for or be homeless as I recuperate  from  third-degree burns (the most painful and lengthiest process).  They then found cancer.  A double whammy.

I have no family to help me.  No home.  No possessions now.  My health is very weak.    I cannot  afford a decent meal.  Oh what I would give for a well done steak!    In addition to the years long wound recovery, I started in very expensive breast cancer drugs to try to stop the spread while I regain  my strength and my footing (no pun intended.  I will need extensive surgery and radiation, possibly more, when the surgeon feels that the pandemic has lifted and it is safe for me to have extensive surgery  and other follow up wound care . I need  private  (and expensive ) nursing to tend to my wounds niece which can only completely heal with proper care.  But it costs me too much money  and I have had to spend it all due to the pandemic and I will have to end it soon.  I do not know what are will do thenI have to wait until the pandemic ends so it is safe for me to have surgery. 

I am all alone and will need money for temporary lodging here in LA esp since it is not safe for me to travel or move u til theory’s ends and I am well enough.  . Grants take forever and I  need money to exist ASAP.   I cannot get any other money having used up what I had saved.  . Then I need money to allow me to relocate back home and buy modestly priced, functional clothes (have none) and  furnishings (also have none) to start all over.  I have nothing  except a few robes. No bed, towels-or even paper plates.  No shoes.  I wear slippers.

I have no family to to help and my friends are now struggling with their own health issues .My insurance does not cover much of my medical care or lodging.  

Once well enough, , God willing, I want to  obtain an advanced certificate in healthcare counseling so I can be an advocate for others going through challenging trauma and health issues, building upon my research with Rx Laughter with UCLA  that shows the importance of uplifting comfort during medical care 

I need all of this and money right now  for food to keep my nutrition strong as I fight to regain endurance for surgery and radiation and maybe chemo if the cancer has spread due to the pandemic. .  Often I must choose between daily living essentials and dinner.

Please help me by donating toward my rebirth. Any amount helps.  I never thought I would be in this position and I do see a bright future again if I can recuperate safely, get good care meanwhile return home and start my life again. 

 All donations go directly into my savings account and I will acknowledge your help by email. It will also be posted here unless you choose to remain anonymous.

Thank you.

Sherry Hilber