Hey Everyone!

 

My name is Abigail, and I have been a mentor to Mykia over the last three years through an organization called Young Life. With approval and support from her family, I am putting together a GoFundMe to support Mykia's ongoing medical bills.

 

On August 25th around midnight, Mykia was leaving work in Uptown and got caught in the crossfire of a shootout where a bullet went through her neck; damaging her artery, trachea, and vocal chords. She was rushed to HCMC where she underwent 9 hours of surgery to evaluate the damage, begin the repair process, and place a tracheostomy tube for support in breathing.

 

We are so thankful that at 11:30am this morning, almost 12 full hours after the shooting, Mykia woke up and opened her eyes for her mom and brother. As the day continued, she was able to make it off the ventilator, which doctors assumed might not happen for a couple of more days. At this point, doctors are unsure of the long term issues that Mykia will face, including potentially having a tracheal tube long term, and the possibility of never being able to talk again. With that being said, Mykia has a long road ahead in her recovery journey. Doctors confirmed that she will need quite a few more surgeries for repairs, and will continue to need ongoing support and therapy for the foreseeable future. We want to make sure that her family is able to focus on taking care and supporting Mykia, as well as supporting Mykia's younger sister, rather than worrying about the medical bills to come. Please consider donating what you can to support this amazing family and young woman.

 

A little about Mykia:

 

Mykia graduated from North High School in Minneapolis in the Spring of 2021 where she was an athlete, link leader, and amazing student. She had plans to attend college in the fall as a first generation college student, and was excited about the opportunity to become a nurse. She is one of the most kind and compassionate young women that I know; she is friends with all and is always the first to invite someone to the table. Last night Mykia had over 50 people there praying over her and being in community while awaiting updates, and even more numbers today. This is a true testament to who she is, and represents the love we have for her. She is strong, a true fighter. We know she will make it through this, we are continuing to pray and manifest miracles.

 

I am so thankful that you have considered donating to such a wonderful family; supporting them on this ongoing journey to recovery. Please continue to send all the positive thoughts and prayers to her and her family, they are felt and appreciated.

Jamal Hickman

Anonymous

Kaitlyn McFadden

Rebecca Wessman

Sara Felien

Rodger Ringham

Christine Tjossem

Molly McDougall

Lorraine Pittman

Nadine Emerson

Maria Veronica Svetaz

Stafford Gutknecht

Mary crumble

Support Mykia's Medical Bills

Support urgent earthquake relief and past recovery in Venezuela.

Apoya la ayuda urgente tras el terremoto y los esfuerzos de recuperación en Venezuela.

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

Eligible for Profile Share Badge

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

isEligibleForProfileBadge

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Support Mykia's Medical Bills

Still $16,999 to go. Help us build momentum.