Urgent Aid for Heather's Medical Needs

My name is Heather and I am married to an army vet, Ryan. I have been very sick since I was a teen, but since I earned my bachelors degree in 2019, things have become exponentially worse.

Sadly, I am now under palliative care/ hospice services because all I have is incurable. I have several debilitating autoimmune disorders including POTS, dysautonomia, Gastroperesis, Ehlers Dahlos syndrome, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, anemia, interstitial cystitis, GI dysmotility, migraines, and seizures. However, that all came after a devastating Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma diagnosis. This is a blood cancer of the lymph nodes that attack your immune system CHRONICALLY (it is life long, and tends to trigger the autoimmune diseases I listed above).

I’ve always worked with pediatric nursing/MA but I am too sick now to be able to work full time. Because I’m only 28, I haven’t paid enough to social security to get supplemental income since I can’t work due to my illnesses. I have health insurance, but no ability to assist my husband financially with any home, medication, groceries, car, infusions, or copay expenses.

I take over 40 RX’s a month, several monthly injections, labs due every week, multiple appointments state-wide, and more. I have a port, and I receive TPN though it (my stomach is paralyzed and my colon has been removed due to effects of chemo and autoimmune problems, so my nutrients come through my port nightly in order to keep me alive). I need blood transfusions very often, and on average I am hospitalized every month to every other month for about 5-6 days each (dehydration, anemia, infection, port problem, adhesions from surgeries, viruses, unstable vitals, etc.)

There are new treatments I need, along with paying for my TPN (my entire source of nutrients), and medications that Ryan and I cannot afford. In the last 6 months we have had our internet cut off, our cell phones, both cars were repossessed for a time, I’ve gone weeks without meds and appts viral to my life because we couldn’t pay the copays. These are NEEDS, and the lord has always provided for us, but we need extra help right now. God laid this on my heart because I believe there are still generous, kind, and empathetic people out there mixed in with so much hate right now. No donation is too small, ALL donations are a blessing. Ryan and I are exhausted from walking the floors at all hours in years trying to figure out how we’re going to pay for the treatments that keep me alive.

The 10k goal is specific to infusions costs, TPN costs, copays for appointments, gas to get to Atlanta for appointments, blood transfusions, and any other emergent needs.