Why We Need Help NOW!

We need $60k to clear debt so we can start chemo immediately.

My wife’s brain tumor is back, and we’re delaying chemo because we’re buried under $60k of debt—we need to clear it now or lose precious days while the cancer grows.

My wife, Danica, has spent her life fighting for other people.

During the height of COVID, she worked as a CRNA on the “Intubation Team.” Every day she suited up in a CAPR “space suit,” pulled on the scrub caps she sewed herself, and walked straight into rooms everyone else was trying to get out of. She ran toward the danger to keep strangers alive.

She prepared for everything—except this.

Round One: Fighting for Her Life

In 2023, after already surviving a severe traumatic brain injury from a car wreck years earlier. Danica was diagnosed with a Grade 4 Glioblastoma and a brain tumor the size of a golf ball.

For nearly three years (34 months), we’ve been fighting a quiet war:

When insurance failed, we didn’t stop treatment—we started swiping credit cards.

We put $60,000 on credit to pay for surgeries, travel, and the Optune device that was her best shot at more time.

We had to stop a full-house renovation midway to pay for her care, leaving most of our home a construction zone. We’re basically living out of our bedroom and the finished basement so we could afford her treatment.

The reality of the treatment we bought with debt. She endured these open sores every day for a year.

We did what anyone would do to keep the person they love alive. We just ran out of runway.

Round Two: The Tumor Returns

On July 21 2025, we got the scan we were dreading.

The tumor is back. We have to fight again.

Her oncologist has ordered a new round of chemotherapy. The instructions were clear: start immediately.

But here is the brutal truth:

We are delaying her chemotherapy because we cannot afford it.

We are already buried under the medical and housing debt from the first round of this war. Starting chemo means more drugs, more travel, more co-pays, more time off work — on top of the $60,000 we already owe.

Right now, we are literally choosing between:

Paying for the roof over our heads, and

Paying for the treatment that keeps her alive.

The Numbers: What We’re Asking For and Why

We are asking for $60,000 to clear the debt that is choking us and blocking her next round of treatment.

Here’s what that money will do:

Pay off the $60,000 in medical and related credit card debt from surgeries, Optune, travel, and previous treatment

Stabilize our housing so we don’t lose our home while she’s in chemo

Free up monthly cash flow so we can:

Afford gas and parking to get to the hospital

Pay for medications, co-pays, and supportive care

Cover basic living expenses while I care for her.

This isn’t about “getting ahead.” This is about getting her back into treatment instead of sitting here frozen by bills.

Why This Fight Matters

Danica has already spent her life walking into other people’s emergencies.

She intubated COVID patients when no one knew how bad it would get. She protected other families from losing their loved ones. She did that knowing she might bring the virus home, because that was her duty.

Now she’s the one in the bed. And I’m the one asking for help.

If you’ve ever wondered, “How can I actually make a difference?” — this is it:

$20 helps pay for gas or parking at the hospital

$50–$100 chips away at the debt that’s delaying her chemo

$500+ makes a real dent in the credit cards that are suffocating us

Sharing this campaign is free and helps more than you know

Why This Round Matters

Every day we wait to start chemo is a day the tumor doesn’t have any resistance.

I wish I were writing this from a place of safety and stability. I’m not. I’m writing this because, without help, we will keep delaying treatment — not because her doctors want that, but because we simply cannot pay for the next step.

If you’re able:

Donate what you can.

Share this with your network, especially anyone in healthcare or who knew Danica’s work.

Leave a message I can read to her on the hard days.

Danica saved lives when the world needed her most.

Now we need help to save hers.

From the bottom of my heart,

William

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