Pam Christensen Medical Fund
Donation protected
On Friday August 5th I got a call from my mom that she was in the emergency room in Iowa Falls awaiting transport to Ames, Iowa City, or Rochester due to a life threatening kidney issue. She was off to Ames from Iowa Falls; I was off to Ames from Des Moines.
Daily blood tests, every other day dialysis, an MRI, a bone marrow test, a biopsy and finally we have a name. It’s rare disease, of course, why wouldn’t it be in my family, called “Light Chain Deposition Disease” (negative for multiple myeloma, which is good).
The doctor says it’s ‘considered’ and treated as a cancer, but it’s not really a cancer. But, there are chemo treatments coming, in addition to the dialysis. She is also a few years behind on getting her hips replaced. It's all just too much right now!
My mom does have insurance through her work, we all know this story. It doesn’t cover everything, especially these expensive treatments and tests. She only has enough PTO’s from work to cover maybe a weeks worth of pay. She’s been dealt a very unfair hand over the years, just one thing after another and she has never done anything except try harder but it’s always a couple steps forward and about 487 steps back. She’s a very hard worker, a very caring person that loves and respects everyone. I’ve been helping her as much as I can over the last few years but this will be too many loose ends for me to tie up alone. So please, help us out.
We’re not asking for money to develop a potato salad recipe like that one guy did, we’re not asking for money so that my band can produce an album in an over-priced studio that we feel entitled to, nor any other frivolous 'want.' We just need some help getting through this rough time, with the flood of extra bills and keeping living expenses paid. Right now, we are in the red. This is my real life, this is my mom and family and we need help.
After all the events I’ve played and hosted over the years for people in need of help for medical expenses, this time it is I that needs you.
Daily blood tests, every other day dialysis, an MRI, a bone marrow test, a biopsy and finally we have a name. It’s rare disease, of course, why wouldn’t it be in my family, called “Light Chain Deposition Disease” (negative for multiple myeloma, which is good).
The doctor says it’s ‘considered’ and treated as a cancer, but it’s not really a cancer. But, there are chemo treatments coming, in addition to the dialysis. She is also a few years behind on getting her hips replaced. It's all just too much right now!
My mom does have insurance through her work, we all know this story. It doesn’t cover everything, especially these expensive treatments and tests. She only has enough PTO’s from work to cover maybe a weeks worth of pay. She’s been dealt a very unfair hand over the years, just one thing after another and she has never done anything except try harder but it’s always a couple steps forward and about 487 steps back. She’s a very hard worker, a very caring person that loves and respects everyone. I’ve been helping her as much as I can over the last few years but this will be too many loose ends for me to tie up alone. So please, help us out.
We’re not asking for money to develop a potato salad recipe like that one guy did, we’re not asking for money so that my band can produce an album in an over-priced studio that we feel entitled to, nor any other frivolous 'want.' We just need some help getting through this rough time, with the flood of extra bills and keeping living expenses paid. Right now, we are in the red. This is my real life, this is my mom and family and we need help.
After all the events I’ve played and hosted over the years for people in need of help for medical expenses, this time it is I that needs you.
Organizer
Kyle Christensen
Organizer
Iowa Falls, IA
