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HELP CAROLYN FIGHT CANCER

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HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS SANTANA JOHNSON, I AM THE DAUGHTER OF CAROLYN WELCH KEMP. ALL MY LIFE MY MOTHER HAS BEEN A FIGHTER . I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME MY MOM WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER I WAS IN THE FIRST GRADES THE DOCTORS SAID SHE WOULDNT LIVE . GUESS WHAT SHE DID . AFTER THAT MY MOTHER HAS HAD SEVERAL OTHER TYPES OF CANCERS BUT IN 2017 HER BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS WOULD CHANGE ALL OF OUR LIVES. SHE WAS A PCT AT WELLSTAR HER ILLNESS BEGIN TO INTERFERE WITH HER WORK THEY LET HER GO . AT THIS TIME WE TRIED TO APPLY FOR SHORT TERM DISABILITY BELIEVEING THAT SHE WOULD SOON RECOVER AND BE ABLE TO WORK AGAIN , SHE WAS DENIED. MY MOTHER BEGAN CHEMOTHERAPY EVERY TWO WEEKS FOR 8HOURS AND RADIATION TREAMENTS DAILY . THESE BILLS BECAME EXPESIVE AND WITH OUT HER JOB COVERAGE IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP UP WITH. WE THOUGHT HOPE WAS LOST ,THEN THE CANCER TREATMENT CENTER OF ATLANTA STEPPED IN . WE BEGAN TO TRAVEL FROM STONE MOUNTAIN TO NEWNAN GA EVERYDAY. WE WERE ALL SO HAPPY . MY MOM CONTINUED TREATMENT . THE RADIATION WAS BURNING MY MOTHER AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO HEAL FROM THESES DEEP TISSUE BURNS. THEY SAID THAT HER ONLY HOPE WAS TO ENTER A HYPEROBARIC CHAMBER. SHE WAS AFRAID BUT SHE DID IT . ON SEVERL DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS AND I WAS IN ATTENDANCES FOR SOME OF THEM .AFTER HEALING FROM RADIATION IT WAS TIME TO BEGAN SURGERIES . SHE WOULD UNDERGO NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF SURGERIES A TOTAL OF 6. THIS IS WHEN HELL BEGAN FOR OUR FAMILY . SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT . MY MOTHER WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT BURNING SENSATIONS IN HER CHEST AND UNDESCRIBLES PAINS . WE SOON LEARN THAT HER SURGEON WAS INCOMPENTONT AND BOTCHED HER SURGURIES AFTER THESE FINDINGS THE CANCER TREAMENT CENTER AGREED TO NOT CHARGE HER FOR PRCEDURES BUT THEY WOULD RELEASE HER AS A PATIENT. TALK ABOUT MIND BLOWING DIS BELIEF , AT THIS TIME MY EMOTIONS WENT FROM SADNESS TO RAGE . HOW DARE THEY. HOW DAREE THEY PLAY WITH MY MOTHERS LIFE. HOW DARE THEY BOTCH HER SURGERY . HOW DARE THEY NOT TAKE RESPONSONSIBILITY. HOW DARE THEY RELEASE HER , NOT ONLY DID THEY BOTCH HER SURGERY BUT THEY REMOVED SO MUCH OF MY MOMS TISSUES ,NERVES ,AND EVEN SHAVED BACK PART OF HER RIBS THAT RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY WASNT EVEN AN OPTION ANY MORE , HER POSTURE WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME AND EVEN IF SHE WERE TO ENTER REMISSION SHE WOULD SUFFER PAINS FOREVER.



I BEGAN SEARCHING FOR MALPRACTICE LAWYERS, NO LUCK. NO ONE WANTED TO TAKE THE CASE ONCE THEY LEARNED WHERE THE SURGERY TOOK PLACE. SO IMAGINE SPEAKING TO NUMEROUS LAWYERS THEM INTIALLY TELLING YOU YES YOUU HAVE A CASE UNTIL THEY LEARN OF WHERE THE MALPRACTICE TOOK PLACE. ONE REPRESENTIVE ACTUALLY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE LIKE GOING AGAINST THE GOVERMENT NO ONE WANTS TO DO IT.SO NOW WE HAVE TO FIND A NEW DOCTOR WHO IS UNFIMILAR WITH HER AND HER CUREENT MEDICATIONS ALLERGERIES OTHER CHRONIC ILLNESS, WHAT A HEADACHE . AND ON TOP OF THIS STILL NO DISABILITY STILL NO HOUSING ASSISTANTACE AND FOR SOME STRANGE REASON NO SNAP BENEIFITS BUT SHE WAS RECIEVING MEDICAID.SO NOW TREAMENT BEGAN AT WINSHIP EMORY . THEY TRIED TO CORRECT WHAT THE OTHER DOCTORS HAD DONE BUT COULDNT. THEY TOLD MY MOTHER SHE WOULD LIVE IN PAIN FOR THE REST OFHER LIFE AND THAT SHE SUFFERS OF SIGNIFIGANT NERVE DAMAGE . THE REVISED HER TREATMENT PLAN BUT SHE IS STILL FIGHT FOR HER LIFE DAILY, REMISSION IS INOUR HOPES BUT NOT IN NEAR SIGHT. HER GRAND CHILDREN SEEM TO BE THE BEST MEDICATION FOR HER THUS FAR . SHE ENJOYS SEEEING AND SPENDING TIME WITH THEM, BUT THIS TOO HAS ITS LIMITATION, SHE CAN ONLY STAND AND WALK FOR VERY SHORT TIME. SHE CAN ONLY HOLD HER GRANDCHILDREN MOMENTARILY. MY MOTHER HAS THE BEST SPIRITS THROUGH ALL OF THESE TRAILS AND ALWAYS SAYS LIFE IS NOT OVER FOR HER. SO IM ASKINGFOR YOUR HELP SHE HAS MEDICATIONS THAT ARE NOT COVER THAT SHE NEEDS MONTHLY AND SHE IS IN NEED OF A MOBILITY SCOOTER THAT IS NOT COVERED BY HER INSURANCE PLAN ASWELL AS DOCTOR BILLS AND CO PAYS. WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR IN CONTRIBUTATIONS .MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU ALL AS HE HAS BLESSED MY MOTHER WITH THE GIFT OF LIFE.




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  • Laquita Agbi
    • $50
    • 3 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $200
    • 3 yrs
  • Miciotto Johnson
    • $300
    • 3 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $25
    • 3 yrs
  • Amanda Baker
    • $50
    • 3 yrs
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Carolyn Kemp
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Stone Mountain, GA

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