As most of you know my mom Tonya Durden is a 43 yr old who has been diagnosed in 2015 with SLE Lupus. The first year we dealt with her getting what we thought was pneumonia several times a year. In 2016 she started to get worse and sick more often, longer hospital stays, and her lungs started to have more troubles. In 2017 her lupus turned severe and not really knowing much about lupus we weren't sure what was going  on with the disease turned debilitating. This has landed her in ICU several times and fighting for her life on life support. Her lungs are so painful in these times the doctors explained it as if she had 30 to 40% burns in her lungs without placing her on life support even with all the pain medications she would not be able to handle it. She stays weeks at a time and when shes finally able to come home she has to learn to walk and build enough strength to lift her arms to feed herself. Because she has no insurance she can not go to physical therapy for help. It has been a very hard road for her and not sure what is in store for her future. Since she has got so sick she has lost her job there for she has lost her insurance. She has looked into other insurance and the cost is so high she can not afford it.  In Feb of 2018 she was placed on life support again this time even worse she was on it for 10 days and the 11th day they consulted our family and stated they needed to place a trach in her and send her to a facility that could take full time care of her, we explained she wouldn't like that but understood, so the doctor tried one more time to take her off the ventilator to see if she could breath on her own without to much pain she did it she fought with all her might to keep breathing with little help! 
Tonya is a fighter and always has been we thank God everyday that she is a fighter and she is still here. 
Tonya needs to see several specialist and without ins or large amounts of money she can not go to those doctors. we have tried everything we know of to get help medicaid turns her down every time and she has been fighting social security disability for 3 years and they continue to turn her down. we are out of options. She needs the correct medications and the ones she has now are approximately $300 a month. She relies on her family for her medications soon they will not have enough to buy anything more.
Tonyas medial bills are racking up fast and she is unable to pay anything. Getting her to the correct doctors and the correct medications we are hoping she may be able to go into remission where she will still have to be careful being she is always going to be immune compromised 
At this time Tonyas lungs are severely damaged and trying to figure out the exact lung disease that causes her lungs to just stop with no warning, she has had her gall bladder taken out, her pancreas is also in danger, She is now in kidney failure and should be starting dialysis but can not because she has no insurance. It is now a life and death situation for Tonya; so we are asking for help, any help is appreciated. She  still is needed on the earth. Tonya has her daughter and new grand baby who want and need her very much.  just like the rest of the family.
Anything that is given will go towards medications and specialist we THANK YOU in advance for anything you may be able to offer! 
If you are not aware of what Lupus is it is a auto immune disease some have it worse than others Tonyas happens to be debilitating! Please we ask that you share this post!