Hello everyone, this is Kellsie.

For those of you who don't know me already, I'm 33 years old from NE Minneapolis. I am a strong, hopeful, hard working, proud single mom, of four beautiful children ...who solely depend on me, physically and financially. I'm currently working as a server in Fridley, for over 4 years now. I've been out of work since the first week of February due to my ongoing medical complications and work restrictions. I am writing this myself and asking for help because I truly have no where else to turn. All your support and prayers are genuinely appreciated to help uplift me & get through these devastating times. Any generous supportive proceeds will help me immensely with monthly bills that are piling up and every day means to raise my kids but most importantly the risk of me losing our home as well medical bills I cannot maintain while being hospitalized and on bedrest & further future recovery.

most recent update: I finally got in to see the gynecologist at Oncology. (for those of you who are learning like me.. that means cancer specialist for women ) My tumor has doubled in size over the past 2 months. I was overwhelmed with information at my appointment. My Dr. is a highly favored surgeon. She is planning on taking out my ovary, fallopian tubes, and thyroids. This means I will no longer be able to have children. The incision for the operation will be directly down the center of my abdomen from top to bottom. I still haven't processed everything I need to know but most importantly she got me scheduled for my operation. I will be having surgery on March 7th and staying to recover for about 5 days. depending on the biopsy results of my tumor will determine my recovery plan but its going to be a minimum of 6 to 8 weeks before I'm fully able to return to my normal life. I will not know if this is cancerous until I wake up from the Anesthesia.

Living day to day with this tumor taking over the entire mid section of my body, not knowing If its cancerous is mentally draining. Every single day I'm in pain and discomfort . I'm constantly taking medication throughout the day. I can barely perform any tasks on my own at this point.

This is my story....

In November of 2024 is when my medical conditions started to become noticable. I'm not gonna lie, I thought I was just bloated.. or maybe had been eating too much and was super full ? Who knows, itll go away..right ?! I have such a busy life as a mom So as I always do I put my health needs on the back burner and I went about the holiday season with my children. When January came I realized my conditions were worsening and my stomach was extending out so much to the point I had customers at work asking me "how far along I was" or “ when are you due” and that's when I told myself… this isn't just bloating, there has to be something serious happening & I need to get checked out because there was no possible way for me to be pregnant. I went and I was seen by a few ER physicians who verified i wasn't pregnant but also didn't see any concern in what my symptoms were and sent me right back home…. with no answers, which was entirely frustrating. A few more weeks went by and I woke up in the middle of the night in the worst damn pain of my life! That pain I was experiencing was a Kidney stone, however I could not pass it naturally because {guess what} there is this huge mass in my abdomen, so big it is pressing against every organ in my stomach. Essentially there was not enough space for the kidney stone to pass on its own so it needed to be surgically removed. Upon the procedure to remove the stone is when physicians determined the mass in my stomach is a TUMOR growing on my ovaries, the size of a VOLLEYBALL and could possibly be cancerous! That was some of the most devastating news I've heard in my life. I felt defeated and disappointed in myself for not only taking better care of myself but to let this go on for so long that it reached the extreme size of a volleyball before it received any recognition. Despite the underwhelming stay at the hospital .. My Urologist successfully surgically removed my kidney stone and as he recommended he placed a stent in each kidney. After spending a week in the hospital for kidney stones I was sent home to recover and wait for my referral to be accepted with a oncology specialist to have my operation scheduled for the tumor. Not to mention the very day I was discharged from the hospital my daughter had to be admitted for an abscess on her tonsil and we spent two more days in children's hospital immediately after I was able to return home. Meanwhile i was not recovering well at home and had to be admitted once again. This time we determined the stents that were just put in have shifted causing me a world of pain and more complications. Being that my tumor is so large there is nothing doctors can do for me until this tumor is removed although it is the reason im experiencing other ongoing issues.

At this time i have a Oncology consultation scheduled and i'm waiting for an Oncology specialist to approve of my surgery. Hopefully this will be the last of my surgeries and will be able to move forward and heal properly and get back to my busy hard working mommy life! I will remain positive and strong for my family.

Please keep me and my family in your thoughts and prayers. All support Is greatly appreciate by me and the kids.

I will do my best to keep this updated at the time of surgery.