MOVING MOUNTAINS FOR MOANA!
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MOVING MOUNTAINS FOR MOANA!
Everyone asks what they can do to help and this is our chance......
This is how we can help MOVE MOUNTAINS FOR MOANA!
If you know her, you love her! She’s the friend you wish you could spend more time with because she always makes you feel so good about yourself. She's kind, she's gracious, she’s one in a million!!!
Moana will be traveling to California to Stanford to get the best treatment possible for this rare type of cancer called Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. She will do radiation every day M-F and chemotherapy once a week. Treatment begins on July 2nd and will last about 7 weeks.
Let’s help her by taking away the financial burden so that they can focus on their young family and what’s most important like getting Mo better.
WE LOVE YOU MOANA!! We are praying for you and hope we can do this small thing to help you kick cancer to the curb!
xoxo Jenne
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If you haven't heard what's going on please read the following below. This was written by her husband Brian and he has graciously allowed me to share it.
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Moana has had normal allergy type symptoms for several years. She lost her hearing several months ago and eventually was not able to breath out of one of her nostrils. We figured that it was some type of a chronic sinus infection. After receiving antibiotics and it didn't improve Moana's provider sent her in to get a CT scan. After the results came back they asked her to do a biopsy.
When the results came back we found out that she has NPC. It is a rare form of cancer here in the United States but is more common in other countries and seem to show up a lot in people that are Chinese. The Dr. put a tube in her ear and now she can hear but still can't breath out of her nostril. But she is so positive that she has been celebrating her hearing returning.
We found a few places across the US that perform surgery to remove these tumors. We decided that Stanford would be the right fit for Moana. Once we sent in all of the imaging, we found out that she was not a candidate for surgery because the tumor was too big. However, after going through the process we felt like Stanford was still the right place for her to receive chemotherapy and radiation.
We will be meeting with the specialists that will be doing her chemotherapy and radiation next week and will have a much more clear understanding of how long the treatments will last. Based on other patients and estimates, it will most likely be roughly six weeks of radiation everyday Mon-Fri but I'm not sure yet how often and when she will receive the chemotherapy treatments.
Stanford will be a little far from home and it isn't the most convenient place to get in and out of but after the research that we did we felt like it was the right place. Logistically, we will figure out how it is all going to come together.
Moana has been very upbeat and positive and is really an inspiration to me. She has taken the news well but I know that she is a little scared.
The love and support that we have received has been life changing. It completely changes the way that I look at the world.
Brian England
Everyone asks what they can do to help and this is our chance......
This is how we can help MOVE MOUNTAINS FOR MOANA!
If you know her, you love her! She’s the friend you wish you could spend more time with because she always makes you feel so good about yourself. She's kind, she's gracious, she’s one in a million!!!
Moana will be traveling to California to Stanford to get the best treatment possible for this rare type of cancer called Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. She will do radiation every day M-F and chemotherapy once a week. Treatment begins on July 2nd and will last about 7 weeks.
Let’s help her by taking away the financial burden so that they can focus on their young family and what’s most important like getting Mo better.
WE LOVE YOU MOANA!! We are praying for you and hope we can do this small thing to help you kick cancer to the curb!
xoxo Jenne
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If you haven't heard what's going on please read the following below. This was written by her husband Brian and he has graciously allowed me to share it.
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Moana has had normal allergy type symptoms for several years. She lost her hearing several months ago and eventually was not able to breath out of one of her nostrils. We figured that it was some type of a chronic sinus infection. After receiving antibiotics and it didn't improve Moana's provider sent her in to get a CT scan. After the results came back they asked her to do a biopsy.
When the results came back we found out that she has NPC. It is a rare form of cancer here in the United States but is more common in other countries and seem to show up a lot in people that are Chinese. The Dr. put a tube in her ear and now she can hear but still can't breath out of her nostril. But she is so positive that she has been celebrating her hearing returning.
We found a few places across the US that perform surgery to remove these tumors. We decided that Stanford would be the right fit for Moana. Once we sent in all of the imaging, we found out that she was not a candidate for surgery because the tumor was too big. However, after going through the process we felt like Stanford was still the right place for her to receive chemotherapy and radiation.
We will be meeting with the specialists that will be doing her chemotherapy and radiation next week and will have a much more clear understanding of how long the treatments will last. Based on other patients and estimates, it will most likely be roughly six weeks of radiation everyday Mon-Fri but I'm not sure yet how often and when she will receive the chemotherapy treatments.
Stanford will be a little far from home and it isn't the most convenient place to get in and out of but after the research that we did we felt like it was the right place. Logistically, we will figure out how it is all going to come together.
Moana has been very upbeat and positive and is really an inspiration to me. She has taken the news well but I know that she is a little scared.
The love and support that we have received has been life changing. It completely changes the way that I look at the world.
Brian England
Organizer and beneficiary
Jenne Smart Kissell
Organizer
Kennewick, WA
Brian England
Beneficiary
