Saving a Lifesaving Emergency RN

Allow me to introduce you to Jennifer Noone.  Born and raised in NJ since August 27, 1980.  I am one of her younger sisters and she has three additional siblings all under the age of 16.  Jen has been an emergency room nurse her entire career.  She has worked to save lives since college, over 13 years, and now she is fighting for hers.  I am sure she would like you to know she is a force of nature that has been independent and the picture of strength for her whole life.  Her cancer diagnosis is testing that strength like never before.




We would like you to know who she really is underneath all that exterior strength.  She loves her family fiercely without abandon.  Her group of best friends have been in her life for 25 years which is a testament to the type of friend she is to others.  Watching all the people rally around her with the cancer news is evidence of how loved and respected she is by all who know her.  Jen is a nurse leader who loves what she does and the people that work for her.  She has dedicated her life to helping others.  She cares for all people the way she would her own family and now is the one in need of care.  Jen is also a fanatic about dogs and rescuing them.  Her current rescue “Little” is therapy trained to be able to spread joy in the ER as well.  Little’s rescue was as a result of her bonded companion being very old, deaf, and blind and Jen wanting to keep them together.  She had “Grandpa” for just over 2 years as a hospice rescue before he passed.  Talk to her about dogs – you will see the size of her heart every time you do.      





Jen was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer in February of 2019.  Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma affects only 1 in 100,000 Americans each year.  Jen’s was caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus being in her system from some point in her life.  She had a sinus infection in January 2019 and her left ear was staying clogged.  Being the RN that she is she sent herself to the ear nose and throat specialist and as soon as he put the scope in her nose she watched the doctors face and knew.  A week later she had surgery and the biopsy confirmed the cancer.  The treatment is very aggressive always but matters were further complicated when the MRI showed that the tumor was already invading her skull bone.  It is millimeters from her brainstem and as a result she did not qualify for traditional treatment without risk of becoming paralyzed and blind.  She is currently undergoing chemotherapy and Proton Therapy radiation to protect her brainstem from traditional radiation damage.  This therapy is not in network and comes with high out of pocket expenses. 





Jen is a single 38 year old that did not have an emergency fund to prepare for something of this magnitude.  She ran out of sick time at work in the first 3 weeks of her leave of absence.  It is estimated that she will be out of work for most of this year.  Jen has one focus right now – beating cancer and getting her life back.  Please help us to help her to be able to do that without having to stress about the financial burden of cancer and being out of work this year.  If we can take this on she will be able to fight without worry and not spend her remission digging out of debt. 

“Save one life, you’re a hero.  Save 100 lives, you’re a nurse.” ~Anonymous

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