Shannon's medical bills
Donation protected
This is just a little blip from one of Shannon's posts on facebook:
2 years Ago this very morning i decided last minute to change our plans for our second Day at Disney. I hide fear and terror pretty well apparently.
Some people know my story, some people bits and pieces, most just know that I have cancer and thats enough. To most it is but some its not and others hopefully will maybe realize how important life is.
Today i lay here, a shell of the person i used to be 2 years ago. Completely full of life, i could keep going nonstop for days, whatever it took, and usually in the best of moods. Working my ass off with massive Dreams to accomplish and nothing would stop me or so I thought! I knew and was well aware of all the signs and symptoms of the 1 thing in life I was terrified of because it has devestated our family with the losses of my 34 year old sister, my Mom, and my Auntie. The 3 most amazing woman I looked up to for everything in life taken by breast cancer. I was prepared had I ever had to deal with it mentally, emotionally, and physically UNTIL life has a cruel way of slapping you in the face telling you to wake up.
In November of 2014 my husband and I had come home from our annual Disney Trip, having sat through a DVC sitdown while at Disney where we decided as a family that one day we WOULD be DVC owners BUT we were determined to do it without financing and wed start a side business and come back with cash LOL! We started Richie Wrenchers the next month with our first Harley to tear down and part out. We were on our way! That entire year we worked our asses off. Starting my day off at 5am, working at the schools by day, come home to make and ingest dinner asap so we could head to the shop till midnight and do it again every day. Dreams, Goals, Life- they were all ours just waiting for us to finally grab them. It was exhausting endless work but i wouldnt complain, i loved every single second.
Like most years, wed book a Disney trip to enjoy a couple of weeks of family fun, the one thing we enjoy more than life itself and this trip didnt seem much different except our babies were getting older and our son decided to stay back and be responsible so we took our daughters bestie instead. Only care we had was making good timing during the 1000+ mile road trip.
1st day we actually drove around looking at areas that we liked because we also had agreed upon a 5 year plan- in 2020 when our daughter is to graduate we were moving to Disney so we could enjoy walks hand in hand with fireworks every night. Lifes little things right? We ran around the parks all day, enjoyed a boatride from Wilderness Lodge to the Contemporary after needing tons of Ketchup with dinner, first night is ALWAYS rooftop fireworks for us and either making our way into MK for EMH or Finally giving in to the fact that theres a great big beautiful tomorrow waiting after the coziest most restful night of sleep LOL. Sleep won and we made it back to CBR late and completely exhausted. I feel asleep almost instantly and was woken by the most intense belly pain but 4:30am. As i grabbed my belly doubling over in pain I noticed a huge hard grapefruit size mass protruding out of the left side of my abdomen, instantly i hoped it was a hernia, easily fixable were my thoughts. I woke up my husband to see if he had the same mass and i knew immediately that this wasnt good. I laid there for a few hours, fearful in tears, debating on going to the ER (I knew if i went they wouldnt let me out and I wasnt ruining our trip). Once the sun finally came up i made a couple calls to my closest friends, all who definitely thought i was crazy. I told them my thoughts and feelings, everything we tried to dismiss and since it was already a crazy day by 7am i decided wed take it easy and head to Typhoon Lagoon. I mistakenly thought the water would help my body. WRONG! Just in case you were wondering a giant hard mass in your belly makes like a ginormous brick in the water. Crazy pressure pain so i spent my day on the shore away from my family and in my own head. Thats where Cancer starts to win and I was in no way in the mood for it. I prepared myself that day that I would push through no matter what, that all good comes with a little bad and i have no room for any of the bad so i better make way for the amazing. I said my Goodbyes to everything that trip, just in case, nobody knew. I cried tears everytime I opened my eyes saddened by all the memories that one day i wont make, the smell of cotton candy and popcorn id miss. Counting the lights that are out on Mainstreet and seeing if they be replaced the next day. All the things we all take for granted. I went for 2 weeks on that trip with a smile on my face, heaviest of hearts, terrified, horribly pained, couldnt eat, feeling 100000000% alone in my own head with worry. I came home to the ER after this trip. Never a sign or symptom before the pain or bloating. By the time I was seen in the ER it literally was just a couple tests before I was before the most AMAZING Dr McLean introducing herself about 8 other members of her team explaining exactly what this is- stage 4B Ovarian Cancer. 1 grapefuit mass i thought was actually 2 now and both the size of a volleyball. It had spread throughtout my abdomen covering both lungs, my entire liver, lymphnodes, you name it. A MIRACLE! I was given no time and here i am 2 years later!
Then this happened yesterday!
I am completely heart broken and in shock!
After almost 20 years of working for a company my husband was fired today. My Disney count down just went from 31 days 0! I feel like im dead.
Shannon needs to get to Disney, this is a place she can dream and allow her soul to heal and spend time with her kids and husband without having to think about her cancer
Any donation would be helpful no matter how big or small.
Thank you in advance
UPDATE:
Shannon went to her blood draw appointment Monday, results showed her blood cell count is way too low to do her chemo appointment. This is the 2nd time in a row. Medical bills are piling up and if you can help even just a little bit it would help ease some of her families burden.
2 years Ago this very morning i decided last minute to change our plans for our second Day at Disney. I hide fear and terror pretty well apparently.
Some people know my story, some people bits and pieces, most just know that I have cancer and thats enough. To most it is but some its not and others hopefully will maybe realize how important life is.
Today i lay here, a shell of the person i used to be 2 years ago. Completely full of life, i could keep going nonstop for days, whatever it took, and usually in the best of moods. Working my ass off with massive Dreams to accomplish and nothing would stop me or so I thought! I knew and was well aware of all the signs and symptoms of the 1 thing in life I was terrified of because it has devestated our family with the losses of my 34 year old sister, my Mom, and my Auntie. The 3 most amazing woman I looked up to for everything in life taken by breast cancer. I was prepared had I ever had to deal with it mentally, emotionally, and physically UNTIL life has a cruel way of slapping you in the face telling you to wake up.
In November of 2014 my husband and I had come home from our annual Disney Trip, having sat through a DVC sitdown while at Disney where we decided as a family that one day we WOULD be DVC owners BUT we were determined to do it without financing and wed start a side business and come back with cash LOL! We started Richie Wrenchers the next month with our first Harley to tear down and part out. We were on our way! That entire year we worked our asses off. Starting my day off at 5am, working at the schools by day, come home to make and ingest dinner asap so we could head to the shop till midnight and do it again every day. Dreams, Goals, Life- they were all ours just waiting for us to finally grab them. It was exhausting endless work but i wouldnt complain, i loved every single second.
Like most years, wed book a Disney trip to enjoy a couple of weeks of family fun, the one thing we enjoy more than life itself and this trip didnt seem much different except our babies were getting older and our son decided to stay back and be responsible so we took our daughters bestie instead. Only care we had was making good timing during the 1000+ mile road trip.
1st day we actually drove around looking at areas that we liked because we also had agreed upon a 5 year plan- in 2020 when our daughter is to graduate we were moving to Disney so we could enjoy walks hand in hand with fireworks every night. Lifes little things right? We ran around the parks all day, enjoyed a boatride from Wilderness Lodge to the Contemporary after needing tons of Ketchup with dinner, first night is ALWAYS rooftop fireworks for us and either making our way into MK for EMH or Finally giving in to the fact that theres a great big beautiful tomorrow waiting after the coziest most restful night of sleep LOL. Sleep won and we made it back to CBR late and completely exhausted. I feel asleep almost instantly and was woken by the most intense belly pain but 4:30am. As i grabbed my belly doubling over in pain I noticed a huge hard grapefruit size mass protruding out of the left side of my abdomen, instantly i hoped it was a hernia, easily fixable were my thoughts. I woke up my husband to see if he had the same mass and i knew immediately that this wasnt good. I laid there for a few hours, fearful in tears, debating on going to the ER (I knew if i went they wouldnt let me out and I wasnt ruining our trip). Once the sun finally came up i made a couple calls to my closest friends, all who definitely thought i was crazy. I told them my thoughts and feelings, everything we tried to dismiss and since it was already a crazy day by 7am i decided wed take it easy and head to Typhoon Lagoon. I mistakenly thought the water would help my body. WRONG! Just in case you were wondering a giant hard mass in your belly makes like a ginormous brick in the water. Crazy pressure pain so i spent my day on the shore away from my family and in my own head. Thats where Cancer starts to win and I was in no way in the mood for it. I prepared myself that day that I would push through no matter what, that all good comes with a little bad and i have no room for any of the bad so i better make way for the amazing. I said my Goodbyes to everything that trip, just in case, nobody knew. I cried tears everytime I opened my eyes saddened by all the memories that one day i wont make, the smell of cotton candy and popcorn id miss. Counting the lights that are out on Mainstreet and seeing if they be replaced the next day. All the things we all take for granted. I went for 2 weeks on that trip with a smile on my face, heaviest of hearts, terrified, horribly pained, couldnt eat, feeling 100000000% alone in my own head with worry. I came home to the ER after this trip. Never a sign or symptom before the pain or bloating. By the time I was seen in the ER it literally was just a couple tests before I was before the most AMAZING Dr McLean introducing herself about 8 other members of her team explaining exactly what this is- stage 4B Ovarian Cancer. 1 grapefuit mass i thought was actually 2 now and both the size of a volleyball. It had spread throughtout my abdomen covering both lungs, my entire liver, lymphnodes, you name it. A MIRACLE! I was given no time and here i am 2 years later!
Then this happened yesterday!
I am completely heart broken and in shock!
After almost 20 years of working for a company my husband was fired today. My Disney count down just went from 31 days 0! I feel like im dead.
Shannon needs to get to Disney, this is a place she can dream and allow her soul to heal and spend time with her kids and husband without having to think about her cancer
Any donation would be helpful no matter how big or small.
Thank you in advance
UPDATE:
Shannon went to her blood draw appointment Monday, results showed her blood cell count is way too low to do her chemo appointment. This is the 2nd time in a row. Medical bills are piling up and if you can help even just a little bit it would help ease some of her families burden.
Organizer and beneficiary
Tracey Roe
Organizer
Fowlerville, MI
Shannon Grobbel Trittschler
Beneficiary
