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Laura Heyd has been suffering from debilitating and declining health since 2013 and has had many medical concerns leading up to this point. Many of you know her as a friend or teacher, you may see her and outwardly she will smile and look fine at first glance. In actuality, she is suffering on a battlefield of severe reactions and eating has become nearly impossible in recent months. Laura gives her absolute best and the entirety of her energy to her Amanda Arnold Elementary first-grade students each day. Evenings and weekends are spent recovering and resting. Her passion is teaching and the students are her life-blood and joy.
She currently has a “medical mystery" diagnosis, which seems to include Mast Cell Disorder. Her quest for medical answers has taken her to Rocky Mountain Cancer Center (Denver, CO), Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), Riordan Clinic (Wichita, KS), KU Medical Center (Kansas City, MO), and multiple allergists, immunologists and rheumatoid specialists. Laura has an attentive and caring primary care physician in Manhattan, Kan. who has worked tirelessly to help Laura find answers and relief from her life-altering and extensive symptoms. On a daily basis, she suffers from nausea, vomiting, body swelling, facial edema, wheezing/difficulty breathing, extreme body pain, fatigue, etc.
Laura reacts severely to triggers in her environment that include temperature changes, physical movement, foods and beverages, medicines, natural odors, chemical odors, perfumes and scents, clothing materials, and sunlight. Laura's reactions to foods are always so severe that she is forced to go the entire school day without eating. She contains her reactions to being handled at home as best she can. However, some things are out of her control, for example, in order to be out in public, she wears a mask to help block triggers, yet still gets sick from running basic errands. Laura is an outgoing and active person and these changes have caused her to live a newly isolated lifestyle.
In her continued search for a diagnosis, many of the places Laura has been sent for testing or treatment have not been covered by her medical insurance. Laura is in debt from having to pay upfront at certain medical institutions, paying her out of pocket maximum, paying for medicines, ongoing testing, as well as travel expenses.
Laura needs financial help to go forward. To find solutions. To find answers.
She currently has a “medical mystery" diagnosis, which seems to include Mast Cell Disorder. Her quest for medical answers has taken her to Rocky Mountain Cancer Center (Denver, CO), Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), Riordan Clinic (Wichita, KS), KU Medical Center (Kansas City, MO), and multiple allergists, immunologists and rheumatoid specialists. Laura has an attentive and caring primary care physician in Manhattan, Kan. who has worked tirelessly to help Laura find answers and relief from her life-altering and extensive symptoms. On a daily basis, she suffers from nausea, vomiting, body swelling, facial edema, wheezing/difficulty breathing, extreme body pain, fatigue, etc.
Laura reacts severely to triggers in her environment that include temperature changes, physical movement, foods and beverages, medicines, natural odors, chemical odors, perfumes and scents, clothing materials, and sunlight. Laura's reactions to foods are always so severe that she is forced to go the entire school day without eating. She contains her reactions to being handled at home as best she can. However, some things are out of her control, for example, in order to be out in public, she wears a mask to help block triggers, yet still gets sick from running basic errands. Laura is an outgoing and active person and these changes have caused her to live a newly isolated lifestyle.
In her continued search for a diagnosis, many of the places Laura has been sent for testing or treatment have not been covered by her medical insurance. Laura is in debt from having to pay upfront at certain medical institutions, paying her out of pocket maximum, paying for medicines, ongoing testing, as well as travel expenses.
Laura needs financial help to go forward. To find solutions. To find answers.
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Meggan Eilert
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Manhattan, KS
