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Thank you for coming to Gaby Carter's GoFundMe. We appreciate everyone who has shown up with all their love and support for Gaby!
As many of you know, Gaby was diagnosed with Stage I colon cancer 4 years ago, two weeks before her 50th birthday. She was put into a high surveillance, “watchful waiting” program of quarterly scans, scopes and blood tests. Things held steady over the years and there appeared to be hope for remission. In April of 2024, labs and scans looked great and we were planning a remission party for October 2024.
October 21, 2024 brought a much graver reality. The cancer had aggressively escalated from Stage I to Stage IV. The labs showed obvious liver involvement and an extremely elevated blood tumor marker. A few days later she had a CT scan followed by a consult with her oncologist. The results showed about 5 tumors taking about 35-40% of the liver. From April’s tentative remission to October’s diagnosis of stage IV cancer. Needless to say, this is a devastating result. Gaby has spent her adult life helping others to heal and now she needs our support to heal herself!
Gaby has undergone 4 months of extremely aggressive chemo and has had three huge surgical procedures resulting in her being cancer free for the past 8 months.
It has been an exceptionally challenging and amazing year and we are now facing some new issues. Gaby has the genetic MUTYH mutation that in part causes not only colon cancer, but thyroid, breast, ovarian, endometrial and other gastric cancers. She recently went in for additionally screenings and there were a few suspicious findings that has created a delay in Gaby going back to work.
We have felt the support of this community when we were in the thick of it and are once again asking for additional aid. It has been a remarkable response to our request for help. With all of the funding that has been available we were able to beat Stage IV colon cancer in a way that no one thought possible.
This is where you can help. Specifically Gaby will need financial support with things like rent, utilities, food, car payments, cell phone & internet, acupuncture, medical expenses & supplements...and of course, her much beloved boys...Auggie, Trevor and Dougan.
- There are many ways you can support. Financially is one critical need. Any amount helps. There are other ways to help especially with transportation, housing and cat care. Please see my CaringBridge posts for updates and reach out to me directly for more tangible things you can do or ways you can contribute. Keep on visiting the "bridge" and we will be there.
With Undefended Hearts,
Gaby, Auggie, Trevor and Dougan
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