Cats Fight Against MRSA/Eczema/TSW
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Hello Strangers!
First off I'd like to say that this is extremly hard for me to do. I have trouble asking for help but with my life being threatened I turned to gofundme and people like yourself for help. Other than my husband, I don't have many close friends and without getting too personal, the family I do have is broken.
Warning: Some picture are a little graphic.
I was born with Eczema and have had it all my life, I have mainly used topical steroids to manage it and later this year I went through Topical Steroid Withdrawl.
I've gone through this for 1 1/2 years and I just progressively got worse. I ended up getting MRSA which I fought for 6 months. I became resistant to all forms of antibiotics.
I eventually was refered to a an infections disease clinic, I was told I would need IV antibiotic due to the severity. My health insurance paid a very small portion and left us with the majority of the bill. The medicine they game me is a newer drug called Dalvance. It's two, once a week infusion. I was told that this would clear up the MRSA. Unfortunatley it didn't clear it up the first time around and I had to go back for another 2 treatments which I had to pay before they would administer the treatment.
I did not have money for these life saving treatments so I put them on my credit card. Now my credit card is racked up and I have to pay for other medications to keep my eczema and MRSA at bay. Again, it's hard to reach out and ask for help and money, but anything anyone can donate would help me get out of this financial hole so I can work on my recovery.
Thanks! Cat
Take a look at my progress for the last year:
My Skin/MRSA Blog
First off I'd like to say that this is extremly hard for me to do. I have trouble asking for help but with my life being threatened I turned to gofundme and people like yourself for help. Other than my husband, I don't have many close friends and without getting too personal, the family I do have is broken.
Warning: Some picture are a little graphic.
I was born with Eczema and have had it all my life, I have mainly used topical steroids to manage it and later this year I went through Topical Steroid Withdrawl.
I've gone through this for 1 1/2 years and I just progressively got worse. I ended up getting MRSA which I fought for 6 months. I became resistant to all forms of antibiotics.
I eventually was refered to a an infections disease clinic, I was told I would need IV antibiotic due to the severity. My health insurance paid a very small portion and left us with the majority of the bill. The medicine they game me is a newer drug called Dalvance. It's two, once a week infusion. I was told that this would clear up the MRSA. Unfortunatley it didn't clear it up the first time around and I had to go back for another 2 treatments which I had to pay before they would administer the treatment.
I did not have money for these life saving treatments so I put them on my credit card. Now my credit card is racked up and I have to pay for other medications to keep my eczema and MRSA at bay. Again, it's hard to reach out and ask for help and money, but anything anyone can donate would help me get out of this financial hole so I can work on my recovery.
Thanks! Cat
Take a look at my progress for the last year:
My Skin/MRSA Blog
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Caitlin Smulow
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Denver, CO