Hi dear friends and kind humans! My name is Jessica, and I'm humbly asking for your help!

My ability to breathe, to see, to walk, to function, and even stay alive are all currently very fragile and very much at risk in multiple ways.

I've written and rewritten this so many times...so hesitant to ask for help (again) and especially in a world in so much pain and chaos, where so very many (who I know and love and also those I don't know, but love too because they are human beings) are suffering and struggling too. It is so hard asking for help, but even more so in these difficult times.

So what do I need?

I need to raise funds to rent a safe, healthy space *of my own* to live *immediately.*

By April 3rd, if not well before.

It is life-saving for me at this point.

Why do I need help!?

My body is presenting like it's allergic to...well, almost everything. UGH.

It's frustrating, confusing, incredibly painful and frightening. (And trying to navigate through this has become increasingly difficult and impossible on my tiny disability income.)

It is now very clear that my body is unfortunately no longer able to live with or share housing with others, at least for the time being.

Due to so many increasingly severe allergic/asthmatic and anaphylaxis-type reactions and more, many days I feel like I'm on death's doorstep.

There is no time to heal from one reaction before another one hits.

I need a space of my own asap (best thing would be a detached ADU or small house or an apartment in a house (maybe...? but this or buildings with multiple units could be just as detrimental to my health right now)...

I need good ventilation *separate* from others living/cooking spaces where harmful to me air quality isn't invading my space and body and making me so much sicker.)

I need a place/space where I don't have to constantly worry if the next repeated exposure (sometimes multiple times a day) to strong cooking smells like onions, peppers, garlic or vinegar etc, strong chemical cleaning products, highly fragranced synthetic shampoos, soaps, laundry soap, dryer sheets, candles, perfumes, air "fresheners", smoke, gas, mold, etc are going to immediately close my airways, leaving me coughing and gasping for breath, (and needing to leave the house immediately, sometimes multiple times a day (often now with my cane) to get away from indoor air that is quite literally poisoning me) causing allergic and anaphlaxis type sypmtoms, debilitaing migraines, excruciating full body spasms and repeated debilitating sinus infections etc.

I'm doing all I can to navigate by wearing masks often in the house and even in my room, allergy medicines, inhaler, (and dealing with side effects from all) etc, epi pen, which I'm terrified to use, three air purifiers (which need new filters), and opening windows in my room (even when it's cold) (though I'm not always able to do that if the air quality outside is also poor due to smoke etc). I'm also very often needing to leave the house on a moment's notice (if I'm even physically able to) to be able to breathe and try to decrease more severe, debilitating reactions. (And not land in the ER again or worse.)

Unfortunately, the excessive repeated exposures in the past few months (and in the past few years) are getting more severe and scary, and causing irreversible damage to my body and now even putting my vision, etc at risk.

I am working with my care team to navigate this maze of complexity.

More appointments, specialists, and invasive testing is on the way too.

The past several years have been filled with severe medical and life traumas, some of which I've never shared (on top of decades of chronic pain/illnesses and disabilities), two more huge surgeries, one less than a year ago (and also severe complications from the one in 2021), invasive medical testing, more diagnoses, procedures, treatments, endless heartbreaks and losses, unexpected long-term homelessness, increased housing instability and financial instability, and going into significant debt due to circumstances beyond my control trying to just stay housed and alive...and so much more.

I'm beyond exhausted.

I'm in severe pain all the time.

I am asking for your support so that I can be safe and try to slow down/calm/potentially reverse at least some of the extensive damage that's been done to my body and heal some of these life-changing and life-threatening reactions in my body.

(I need funds for other needs as well...)

But the immediate emergent *life-saving need* at this moment is funds to rent a small space of my own.

For at least a few months, if not much longer.

Safe healthy housing is key to my survival.

Both right now and in the future.

This fundraiser is my only hope.

I know this is long. I know this is heavy. I know so many are hurting too.

Thank you for reading and listening. Thank you for your care and love, especially in these heavy times for us all around the world. Thank you for each and every kind and supportive thought, for each and every share, and for each and every dollar, it's all immensely appreciated and means so very much! Thank you!

I am forever grateful to so many kind-hearted humans who have and do keep the flame of my weary spirit and heart (and body literally) alive, and for so much generous help over the years. Hopefully I can be the helper I wish to be at some time soon...

I want to be a helper of humans and animals and planet, a steward of nature's joy, beauty, love and peace...to build and create the world that is possible... and I realize I can't do much, if any of that, while continuously fighting to even stay alive...

Thank you for helping me hope, heal, live and hopefully not only survive, but maybe thrive someday!

With deep care, love and gratitude, Jessica