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Help our friend Denise Proctor

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My good friend Denise Proctor needs our help.  After a routine eye appointment last month it was discovered that she has been living with a large mass in her brain called a Craniopharyngioma, which was attached to her optic nerve.  After an emergency surgery and a 10 day hospital stay she is home.  But, because of the location of the mass her vision was compromised and she is now legally blind.  She is going to have to have 6 weeks of radiation to "kill" the remainder of the mass and to try to save what little vision she has left. Because she is unable to drive she is required to stay in Sacramento for the treatments.  Kiwanis house is allowing her to stay for 2 weeks but the remaining 4 weeks need to be secured in a hotel nearby, as transportation is an issue.  She has not been able to work for a month and with her vision impairment she will likely be on disability permanently.  She has already applied for disability, but as we all know, it can take several months to kick in. In the meantime she has rent due this month and has no means in which to pay it.  Her landlord is not very sympathetic, so she will soon be faced with a 3 day pay or quit notice and possibly eviction.  This is heartbreaking as Denise is one of the hardest working women I know and has never asked anyone for anything. She has been the sole supporter for herself and her two children, often working 7 days week as a real estate agent in El Dorado County, for the better part of 20 years,  just to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. Even with working long hours she has never missed an event her kids were in or passed up an opportunity to volunteer for school fundraising.  I wanted to help take the stress off of her by creating this account and reaching out to her friends and family to help her through this next couple of months so she can concentrate on what is important...Her health. Please help any way you can,  it would be so much appreciated and a step towards getting her stable.

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    • 9 yrs
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Alison Schatz-Lara
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Placerville, CA

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