Be a spark of hope for the Sparks sisters!!

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Be a spark of hope for the Sparks sisters!!

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Bottom Line 1: My 21 year old daughter—Emily-- is a single mother who requires brain surgery to remove excess fluid building up around her brain that causes rapid decline in her hearing ability, vision, and even poses an impending risk of death if not operated immediately.  
Bottom Line 2: My 16 year old daughter—Wendy-- has Mosiac Turners syndrome which means that she has 1 female chromosome and 1 male chromosome instead of 2 female chromosomes.. As a result of the syndrome, she has to have all of her ovaries and fallopian tubes surgically removed because they never formed completely, and as long as they remain in her, she continues to be at risk of getting cancer. I also want to mention all her doctors are in Tennessee, so we have to travel out of state for her treatment.
Back Story:
Both of these started happening almost at the same time. My daughters’ father has been absent from my daughters’ lives since they were young which left me to care for them and However, despite great efforts, we are still struggling to make ends meet, let alone being able to afford all of these hefty medical costs.
Emily started out having seizures followed by loss of peripheral vision and hearing. Now she is losing her ability to remember and concentrate due to the extreme pressure on her brain. To make things worse, her husband left her and her 1 year old son to fend for themselves after she was given medical orders to quit her job in order to avoid the risk of accelerating the effects of her disease. Due to the urgency of the situation, she had to move in with me while we try to figure out means on how to give her the medical attention she urgently needs.
As for Wendy, she was diagnosed with the rare Mosiac Turners Syndrome after I brought her to the doctor to find out why she still has not gotten her period at 16 years old. Due to the complications of the disease, her body is already developing to be that of a male form and is now constrained to get her ovaries and Fallopian tubes surgically removed and start undergoing gene and hormone therapy to revert the effect of the disease by making her body more feminine and also so that she can continue living as a healthy young girl and not be at greater risk of developing more severe side effects of the syndrome.
BOTTOM LINE: We, as a family, have decided to sell everything we can and cut back on every thing we can in order to pay for all of the medical expenses including, but not limited to, the travel, medicine, treatment, and other expenses of Emily and Wendy. We are sincerely hoping that your generous hearts would help us, most especially, my daughters, so that they may be able to live their lives normally and healthily. We appreciate any kind of help you can extend, but should you not be able to donate, please share our campaign so that maybe we can reach more people.
Thank you very much for taking time to read this.
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Hartselle, AL
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