Sara Peck Anderson Family Aid
Donation protected
There will never be enough space and the right words to truly describe Sara Peck Anderson and her story. So here is my feeble attempt. She has 2 teen daughters and an amazing husband. She is the ultimate Super Mom. She has been a part of PTA at her daughters schools, a part of Girl Scouts, Master Gardener, drummer, community activist, snowbird resort employee, the ultimate party hostess, line dancer extraordinaire at The Westerner, caregiver to those in need, best friend and so much more.
Sara is in need of our help now. She has officially been battling cancer since January of 2017. Below you will find her timeline of events in her own words.
March 2016
started experiencing pain and swelling in my left leg. Why? I was line dancing all the time, swelling kept getting worse. Waiting for health insurance to kick in jan 2017.
Jan 2017 diagnosed with stage 4B cervical cancer metastatic (squamous cell carcinoma) tumor is pressing on left kidney ureter stent - left leg nerve and colon, Urinary and nerve reliefPort o cath surgery - for iv chemo treatment
Feb-May 2017 chemo every 3 weeks. Taxol, carboplatin
June 2017 laparoscopy surgery for ileostomy bag
Aug-Sept 2017 start 25 external radiation treatments
Dec 2017 tumors still there, decide to try keytruda immunotherapy treatment.
Jan 2018-Feb 2019 keytruda, feel great, health is ok.
Mar-apr 2019 external radiation for 2 tumors on my liver.
June 2019 - Alitma chemo for tumor
growth. Did 2 treatments and ended up with neutropenic fevers.
Sept 23 2019 emergency toxic shock surgery. Opened up and cleaned extensively. Recovery is rough
Oct 16 2019 abscess found JP drain put in to drain infected fluids.
Nov-dec 2019 still recovering from surgery.
Jan 2020 New health insurance and doctors, hospitals and treatments all up in the air.
March 2020 made the decision to go on hospice care. My body is developed fistulas and is destroyed. Even if I have a miracle chemo, my body will not be over to function normal. I have 3 drains out of my crotch. Urinary (foley catheter) vagina drain and rectum drain. These all drain into a bag that needs to be changed often. I am on a full liquid diet. The plus side of this liquid diet are the amazing soups Chris has been making for me. I never thought a liquid diet could taste so good.
Despite all of the pain and hardship Sara has endured, she has always kept a positive outlook on life.
Many of you are those she has helped or been there for in the past. Now is the time for us to help her. Let's all work together to make her final moments with her family be as stress free as possible.
The money will be used for paying bills such as medical and utilities needed for their home. If you would like to help her with any of her utility bills directly, please contact her via text, Facebook, Instagram or her email.
We all understand these are trying times with the current virus in the world. Unfortunately the virus doesn't care that Sara is coming to peace with this planet. Anything can and will help. If you can't make a donation please share this far and wide.
Thank you so much!!
Sara is in need of our help now. She has officially been battling cancer since January of 2017. Below you will find her timeline of events in her own words.
March 2016
started experiencing pain and swelling in my left leg. Why? I was line dancing all the time, swelling kept getting worse. Waiting for health insurance to kick in jan 2017.
Jan 2017 diagnosed with stage 4B cervical cancer metastatic (squamous cell carcinoma) tumor is pressing on left kidney ureter stent - left leg nerve and colon, Urinary and nerve reliefPort o cath surgery - for iv chemo treatment
Feb-May 2017 chemo every 3 weeks. Taxol, carboplatin
June 2017 laparoscopy surgery for ileostomy bag
Aug-Sept 2017 start 25 external radiation treatments
Dec 2017 tumors still there, decide to try keytruda immunotherapy treatment.
Jan 2018-Feb 2019 keytruda, feel great, health is ok.
Mar-apr 2019 external radiation for 2 tumors on my liver.
June 2019 - Alitma chemo for tumor
growth. Did 2 treatments and ended up with neutropenic fevers.
Sept 23 2019 emergency toxic shock surgery. Opened up and cleaned extensively. Recovery is rough
Oct 16 2019 abscess found JP drain put in to drain infected fluids.
Nov-dec 2019 still recovering from surgery.
Jan 2020 New health insurance and doctors, hospitals and treatments all up in the air.
March 2020 made the decision to go on hospice care. My body is developed fistulas and is destroyed. Even if I have a miracle chemo, my body will not be over to function normal. I have 3 drains out of my crotch. Urinary (foley catheter) vagina drain and rectum drain. These all drain into a bag that needs to be changed often. I am on a full liquid diet. The plus side of this liquid diet are the amazing soups Chris has been making for me. I never thought a liquid diet could taste so good.
Despite all of the pain and hardship Sara has endured, she has always kept a positive outlook on life.
Many of you are those she has helped or been there for in the past. Now is the time for us to help her. Let's all work together to make her final moments with her family be as stress free as possible.
The money will be used for paying bills such as medical and utilities needed for their home. If you would like to help her with any of her utility bills directly, please contact her via text, Facebook, Instagram or her email.
We all understand these are trying times with the current virus in the world. Unfortunately the virus doesn't care that Sara is coming to peace with this planet. Anything can and will help. If you can't make a donation please share this far and wide.
Thank you so much!!
Organizer and beneficiary
Leilani Havlin
Organizer
Salt Lake City, UT
Christopher Anderson
Beneficiary