Stand with a Mother in Medical Crisis

Hello everyone,

It has taken me a while to find the courage to post about my troubles in life starting four years ago when I got diagnosed with such a debilitating, chronic illness, Ulcerative Colitis, that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.

I gave birth to my beautiful daughter in August 2020. One month later, I ended up in the emergency room losing an extreme amount of blood and experiencing such chronic pain I could hardly eat. That is when I was finally diagnosed with chronic ulcerative colitis (Sept 4, 2020).

I was hardly able to be a new mother to my newborn baby because I was in the hospital more than I was at home because my illness was that bad. I’ve gone through an estimated 10 major surgeries and things are still not working out, so hopefully, the surgeon I have now is the top colorectal surgeon in the United States, and he has faith that he can fix me in time, which gives me hope.

It is now 2025 and I’m looking at another 2 major surgeries before being finished. I’ve managed, by the grace of God, to be able to get disability benefits, but that doesn’t solve any of my other problems. It’s also not a livable wage. It does allow me to see the surgeon that could actually give me a fighting chance at a normal life for myself and for my daughter.

My mental health has not been the best since beginning this journey, and my physical health has suffered. I went from 122 pounds down to fighting every day to stay above 100 pounds. I have a PICC line currently so that I can infuse 1 L of saline fluids every day.

So I am currently diagnosed with chronic ulcerative colitis with complications. I have a fistula that is difficult for even this top surgeon to get closed. I have an ileostomy bag for the third or fourth time since starting all the surgeries (previous attempts at closing the ileostomy have failed).

I’m running out of options, and my parents have been super supportive and seriously my rocks during this hard time, but they can only do so much.

My medical bills just won’t stop coming in, and I am now in thousands of medical debt. I have my beautiful daughter who I raise on my own. I am so financially burdened at this point, and I realistically can’t even pick up a part-time job because no job wants to hire me when I have to keep traveling out of state to get more testing and more surgery.

Which is why I’m here now. I need help. I need support. It’s been a long four years of fighting to be able to be healthy again and enjoy my life with my daughter.

So I’m making this page to hopefully be able to raise money that can help me with the bills, medically and housing. Maybe if I’m able to get us a new car as someone cut me off and totaled my car now as well.

My next major surgery is looking like it will be in the summer of 2025, so I am looking forward to that, but again, even though that’s a positive step in the right direction, afterwards I will be sent another thousands of dollars in medical debt and recovery time.

If anyone could please help with anything or even just reading this means so much. I appreciate everyone who has already reached out and all. I will definitely update as time goes on.

Thank you