Lip Syncing to Give Skylar a Better Future

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Skylar’s fund clears medical debt, covers care, and secures vital treatment access now

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Lip Syncing to Give Skylar a Better Future

Lip Syncing to Give Skylar a Better Future

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$109,613 raised of $100K

3.3K donations
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I will be creating lip syncing videos on social media to raise the funds needed to change my friend Skylar's life. Let me tell you a bit about Skylar:

Seven years ago, Skylar's life changed forever.

At just 19 years old, she was driving home after leaving college when she was involved in a devastating car accident. During the scans for her injuries, doctors discovered malignant tissue in her thyroid. What followed was radiation treatment that was supposed to solve one problem—but instead marked the beginning of a seven-year medical battle that no one could have predicted.

Since then, Skylar has endured a relentless cycle of medical emergencies, hospitalizations, debilitating fatigue, seizures, stomach paralysis, heart complications, breathing issues, and countless symptoms that continue to evolve. She has spent years searching for answers, traveling to specialists, becoming a patient at Mayo Clinic, and fighting through a medical system that still hasn't been able to fully explain everything happening inside her body.

Through it all, she's never stopped trying to live.

She has repeatedly returned to work, pushed herself to build a normal life, and refused to let chronic illness define her. But every time she begins to regain her footing, another flare, hospitalization, or medical setback forces her back to square one.

Earlier this year, everything escalated.

Skylar suffered a rare thyroid storm that left her hospitalized for weeks. She later lost the ability to speak after a severe reaction to medication, has struggled to maintain healthy oxygen levels, now relies on supplemental oxygen, and has accumulated more than $30,000 in medical debt in just the past few months after aging out of her parents' insurance.

The heartbreaking reality is that the biggest obstacle standing between Skylar and better care isn't hope—it's access.

There are specialists and clinics that focus on complex autoimmune and chronic illnesses, but they require thousands of dollars up front. She also needs legal representation to help secure disability benefits, ongoing medical care, oxygen and other essential equipment, and the financial stability to focus on healing instead of simply surviving.

That's why we're raising $100,000.

These funds will help:

-Eliminate her existing medical debt.
-Cover essential living and medical expenses while she is unable to work.
-Secure legal representation to obtain disability benefits.
-Give her access to specialists and treatment options that have been financially out of reach.
-Provide the resources she needs to finally pursue answers instead of living in crisis.

If you've found this page, chances are you also found one of my lip-sync videos. Those videos exist for one reason: to give someone like Skylar a chance she has never had.

Every share matters.

Every donation matters.

Every encouraging message reminds Skylar that she is not fighting this battle alone.

Thank you for helping us give her something she's been chasing for seven years: hope, answers, and the opportunity to truly live again. I love you all. Let's change Skylar's life.
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Jeremiah Shumaker
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Lake Zurich, IL

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