Support Christine's Journey to Health

STRETCHING OUT A HELPING HAND TO HELP OUR SISTER

As a family, we have started this page to lend a helping hand to our sweet, thoughtful, and caring Christine Lundemo. If you know Christine, she always puts the needs of others over herself.

Christine's Story

In early 2018, Christine was diagnosed with diabetes gastroparesis. What is diabetes gastroparesis?

Over time, diabetes can affect many parts of your body. One of those is the vagus nerve, which controls how quickly your stomach empties. When it's damaged, your digestion slows down and food stays in your body longer than it should.

It can make you feel queasy and vomit. It's also bad for your blood sugar levels. And it can include increased weight loss - this is what has occurred with Christine with a very quick 50-pound weight loss over a few months.

Currently, there is no cure.

Fast Forward to 2024

Having worked to maintain a bit of normalcy, including working full-time, being a doting grandma, and a loving wife, we all believed Christine was on the path to successfulness. Unfortunately, this was not to be the case.

In April of this year, Christine needed to take a step back from her work. To add to their heaviness, her husband, James, is on permanent disability.

As you can imagine, a drastic decrease in monthly income like this, has weighed heavily on both James and Christine. And effective yesterday, July 29, Christine's FMLA has run out. To make up for insurance benefits while Christine is off work, she is dependent on COBRA, a $2,600 monthly expense.

Next Steps for Christine

Christine will be traveling to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota on the regular for visits, treatments (to be determined), etc. These trips, as you can imagine, will include hotel stay, fuel to and from Minneapolis, food, and other expenses that may arise.

How We Can Help Her

Right now, we do not know how long the treatment will be, so we are looking to cover any and all expenses through the end of this calendar year.

As a family, our goal is to raise a minimum of $40.000 to help with traveling expenses to and from Rochester as well as monthly bills - some are past due already and will continue to be past due - with the limited amount of income coming in each month.

We cannot do this without your help, which is why we are asking you to share our page, spread the word, and donate whatever you can to help Christine in this stage of her journey.

THANK YOU

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." - Jeremiah 29:11