Help fund medication for Bev
Donation protected
Bev is a loving, caring, wonderful mother of four, and grandmother to ten. She loves Airedales, Nascar, and cramming as much as she can into her trailer, The Cram-a-lot-Inn
After monitoring low platelets since September of 2016, Bev was diagnosed with Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a bleeding disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets, which are necessary for normal blood clotting. People with the disease have too few platelets in the blood. There have been MANY trips back and forth to the hospital since April for blood transfusions, blood work, and new prescriptions.
Treatments that the specialists have tried for far aren't doing much help to start getting Bev feeling better. She's extremely tired, weak, constantly cover in bruises and Petechia (red dots on her skin that feel like pin pricks when they appear), and has lost a lot of weight (her appetite is VERY low). She is very limited in the things she can do and places she can go, as she tries to avoid germs, and also tires very quickly.
Some of the medications she has been taking are also affecting her diabetes, so she is on shots daily for that as well.
The Dr's have now prescribed a new medication, called NPlate. The goal we are hoping for for this medication is to have her bone marrow start making more platelettes, so we can get her to the level that is safe enough for her to have her spleen taken out. Unfortunately, this new drug has a price tag of $500.00 weeks, and Bev will need to be on it for around six weeks. Our provinces health care plane doesn't cover this drug, and the cost out of pocket is too high for Bev and hers husband to pay. There is a very small chance that she could qualify for funding, but we aren't very hopeful she will get covered.
If you can help in anyway to get Bev this medication which we are hoping and praying is the answer to finally getting her feeling better, we would be forever thankful. Any little amount you can spare would be wonderful.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for taking the time to read this, and for any donation you can make. Please, if you can, share this with your friends and family as well.
The Aicken Family
After monitoring low platelets since September of 2016, Bev was diagnosed with Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a bleeding disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets, which are necessary for normal blood clotting. People with the disease have too few platelets in the blood. There have been MANY trips back and forth to the hospital since April for blood transfusions, blood work, and new prescriptions.
Treatments that the specialists have tried for far aren't doing much help to start getting Bev feeling better. She's extremely tired, weak, constantly cover in bruises and Petechia (red dots on her skin that feel like pin pricks when they appear), and has lost a lot of weight (her appetite is VERY low). She is very limited in the things she can do and places she can go, as she tries to avoid germs, and also tires very quickly.
Some of the medications she has been taking are also affecting her diabetes, so she is on shots daily for that as well.
The Dr's have now prescribed a new medication, called NPlate. The goal we are hoping for for this medication is to have her bone marrow start making more platelettes, so we can get her to the level that is safe enough for her to have her spleen taken out. Unfortunately, this new drug has a price tag of $500.00 weeks, and Bev will need to be on it for around six weeks. Our provinces health care plane doesn't cover this drug, and the cost out of pocket is too high for Bev and hers husband to pay. There is a very small chance that she could qualify for funding, but we aren't very hopeful she will get covered.
If you can help in anyway to get Bev this medication which we are hoping and praying is the answer to finally getting her feeling better, we would be forever thankful. Any little amount you can spare would be wonderful.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for taking the time to read this, and for any donation you can make. Please, if you can, share this with your friends and family as well.
The Aicken Family
Organizer
Robyn Suliman
Organizer
Baden, ON