Andi Kirk’s Cancer Care Fund

I never thought I would feel such pain again after the sudden loss of my dad just two years ago...Unfortunately, I found out that I was wrong this weekend....On Thursday, February 3rd, I took my mom, Andi Andersen Kirk to Swedish Emergency room. It was on Saturday, February 5th I was given the news that my beautiful, glowing,

angel of a mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic cancer at just age 53.......”Cancer”......A word that could shake anyone to their core. An illness that cares not how much you love your mother or how devastating it is to see your parent wither away. Every day this fucking cancer is trying to take my mom from me. It tries to weaken her, confuse her, and eventually kill her.

I write this message in tears because the doctors have told me it is too late for chemotherapy. This monster of a disease has grown silently and quickly in her pancreas and has already metastasized into her liver and her lungs. “6 months or less” is what doctors predict. How dare this fucking cancer tell me how long I have with MY Mom.

This cancer is strong, but my mom is strongest. She may not have control now of treating her cancer, but she has control of how she will live out the rest of her life. She has her family that will do anything and everything to see that she is taken care of, taken home, made comfortable and given every tool to be as happy and independent as possible until her time comes. She is a FIGHTER. She is WARRIOR. She is my best friend, my idol, my EVERYTHING.

My mom gave her entire life to my dad and I. She always put us before herself and now, it’s up to me, her only daughter to give her the best remaining months I possibly can.

It will be a difficult road ahead for my mom and those who love her. As Chemotherapy is not an option, the only thing I can do for my mom is keep her as comfortable as possible as the cancer continues to progress and the symptoms get worse. Pancreatic cancer is notoriously deadly and painful. My sweet, mom is very weak and incapable of caring for herself now. A round-the-clock nurse is major financial commitment, but an absolute necessity for her.

Any donations that do not go towards my mom’s full-time care will be going towards her funeral expenses when her time comes.

For those who are not able to put forth a donation, PLEASE share this fundraiser to help the support continue.