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paula's gonna kick cancer's butt

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Paula Is a 39 year old single mother w 5 beautiful boys. She is not just a mom but a friend a sister a daughter . She was  diagnosed with cancer Aug. 19th 2015 the cancer was called mucoid epidermoid carcinoma.  At the time of diagnosis she was  already in stage 4 the doctors said that it was inoperable and incurable and that surgery to remove the cancer is not an option.She was basically told that they were going to put her on palliative chemo to make her more comfortable till she passed. She began her  chemotherapy on friday sept 11,2015 and radiation began on monday the 14th.In January of 2016 she received a call from City of Hope changing her diagnosis to another rare cancer called Synovial Cell Sarcoma she was told to stop her current chemo and come to an appt w a Sarcoma at City of Hope the next day . City of Hope started her on Inpatient chemotherapy as soon as they put her port in this chemo consisted of her being in the hospital 6 days straight receiving over 100 hours of chemo which was really hard on her. She did 4 cycles and then was told that they would have to amputate her arm and shoulder and even this wouldn't guarantee that she would live . She sought out a second opinion at Cedars Sinai Medical center . The Dr. There told her that amputating wouldn't help her so he started chemo . She was not able to finish the chemo because suddenly her Social security was terminated which left her with no money and no insurance for almost 4 months.   At that time her only source of income was  social security.She has gotten her case back in order thank God . She was recently told that she has exhausted her treatment options and that there was nothing more they could do for her that ultimately she is going to die. She has found a specialist thru the grace of God that said he can help her and has since started going to him but it's kind of far and is getting expensive We are asking all family and friends for prayers for herself and her 5 children . If you can donate to help her cover all the extra expenses that insurance doesnt cover such as rides to an from her treatment also she is staying w family members which is not a problem w them at all but she would also like to be financially stable to get her own place any donations would be greatly appreciated if not we really appreciate just to be in your daily thoughts and prayers... She don't plan on letting this beat her ..ily guys thanks for everything
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  • yami figueroa
    • $50 
    • 6 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Paula Rodriguez
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
katie rodriguez
Beneficiary

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