My daughter Mari is currently in the hospital in Lima, Peru with severe abdominal pain and we need help covering emergency medical costs.

Tonight she was taken by ambulance after developing 10/10 abdominal pain, fever, severe vomiting, and dehydration. This is the second time in the past two months that this has happened, and doctors are now trying to figure out what is causing it.

The hardest part is that I’m currently in Watertown, New York working, and she is in Peru without insurance. Any hospital care there has to be paid out of pocket, and we already paid for a previous hospital stay recently.

Right now we don’t know:

• how long she’ll be hospitalized

• what testing or treatment she’ll need

• whether I may need to fly to Peru to be with her

But we do know that the costs are going to add up quickly, and I’m doing everything I can from thousands of miles away.

If you know me, you know I’m not someone who asks for help easily. I work contracts in the U.S. specifically to support our life abroad and take care of the people and animals in my world. But right now I’m a mom whose kid is sick in another country, and I need some backup.

Funds raised will go toward:

• hospital and emergency care in Peru

• diagnostic testing and medications

• possible surgery or treatment if needed

• travel costs if I need to get to Lima

• recovery and follow-up care

If you can donate, share, or even just send good thoughts our way, it would mean a lot.

Thank you for helping us get through this.

— Taylor