Hello everyone!

I am a single mother of 3 teenage boys without any immediate family nearby to help. I have been working full time, moving up in my job, and we are finally getting on track with our lives.

However, the week before Christmas, I noticed a weird growth in my stomach. I assumed it was a hernia, due to work stress, and went to my PC doctor. Over the course of the next few days, I went through a series of imaging to further figure out what the problem was. My father flew up for a few weeks to try and help take care of my sons.

On New Years Day, I had horrible pain in my stomach, and had to go to the ER. After they did their testing, they found the growth was blocking the tubes from my kidneys to my bladder, and they would soon go into failure. They said it seemed to originate in the right ovary, so they recommended me to a GYNO-ONCologist and we went the next day.

The GYNO-ONC stated that, from what she found, I had a massive tumor in my ovary; 7inL, 7inH, and 4inW. I had to have emergency surgery scheduled for the very next day, or else it was possible my kidneys would fail completely. The pathology report said it was Mucinous Ovarian Cancer, which is a rare type of ovarian cancer; that only accounts for 3%-5% of all cases of epithelial ovarian cancer.

Now that I am out of surgery, I will be unable to work for a few months, and have no other source of income. I have been relying on the very little I have saved up, as well as my LOA, which is only 60% of my usual pay, to help me pay the rest of last months rent. Since we are already living paycheck to paycheck, this is causing huge financial stress on us. I am hoping I'll get the "OK" to work again by the end of February, but, until then, I have no income. My oldest 2 sons have been looking for work, but have been unsuccessful.

I am hoping to raise enough to pay for next months rent as well as other household expenses. $2,000 will be just enough for rent, which is the biggest thing, but I am hoping that all you kind people will be able to help with my other housing expenses.

Thank you for reading!