HI!... story is...I was having a hard time functioning day to day, breathing was impossible, and I have been unable to work at my second job (waitressing). I haven't been there for almost 5 months now, probably won't go back until "this", is in remission... I have had to take alot of days off at Home Depot too, before I was finally admitted to the hospital. (Now I'm not sure how I'm going to come up with the rent and bills for my son Kaden and myself.) One full-time job (Home Depot) isn't enough. Of course, my health insurance has an $8,000 a year deductible on top of everything else.

It turns out, that I have Cardiac Sarcoidosis, an Auto-Immune disease that attacks the heart. The electrical signals in my heart are blocked and cannot communicate with each other due to scar tissue caused by my own immune system attacking healthy cells. I was finally hospitalized. I had a Medtronic Cobalt defibrillator and pacemaker combo placed on the left side of my chest. They are still deciding what immune suppressing medication and or steroids to put me on to prevent further damage to my heart. I have many many many doctors appointments, scans and tests in my future. However right now, I can breathe again!

Until then, I'm trying to catch up with my rent and bills from missing so much work the last few months. I really dislike asking for money but I have no other resources. Thanks for listening. I really appreciate any large or small gesture of support.

BROOKE AND KADEN