Help Amber Through Cancer Treatment

Hi. My name is Harlow, I’m one of Amber’s three daughters, and she also has a son, all children of adult age. On December 21st, my mom had gone to urgent care with a chief complaint of shoulder pain. Urgent care told her that she had a swollen lymph node and a tight muscle in her shoulder, did an X-ray to be sure of her diagnosis and sent her home. After a few hours the pain had become unbearable for her and she made the decision to go to the ER. The ER did a CT scan which revealed many tumors spread through her body, among many other things including calcified buildups in one of her arteries, a wide area of lymph nodes irritated and enlarged, and blood clots. In layman’s terms, my mom has metastatic cancer, and one of the tumors is constricting her esophagus making it difficult for her to breathe, eat, or move properly. She has had 2/10 radiation treatments, and the doctors have told her they will not operate on the tumor effecting her esophagus as of 1/7/24.

My sister and I are creating this go fund me to help pay for her living expenses being that she can not go to work at the moment due to the physical and mental effects of this horrible diagnosis. All of her children are doing the best that they can in every aspect to be there for her mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially but unfortunately there is only so much we can do in the establishing years of our lives. Currently, she has used up all of her sick time and PTO. She is waiting on a deposit from short term disability through her workplace, but it will not cover her rent, utility bills, food, gas to get her to and from her appointments and whatever else she may need monthly. She currently does not have medical insurance but we are working with hospital billing to do what we can to take the stress of that off of her as well. Any money remaining after living expenses monthly will be used for medical bills and medical devices to keep her comfortable for as long as we can.

Any and all support is greatly appreciated. Amber and us kids could use some support and love in this trying time, so even if you can’t donate please share this fundraiser. Thank you.

Edit: This fundraiser is on behalf of Mary Jackson, AKA Amber. The beneficiary is my sister, Mary’s oldest daughter Meaghan to provide confidence in the resourceful allocation of the donations.

Update 1 (1/16/24): Yesterday Amber was scheduled for a bronchoscopy, but doctors decided to hold off on the procedure due to fluid around her trachea and admitted her for further testing to see if the fluid had increased. CT showed severe constriction of her Superior Vena Cava (the artery that carries the blood out of your head and face back down to your heart), and minimal growth of the tumors/masses. Currently, we’re waiting for her to wake up from her biopsy/stent placement/PICC line placement, and she tolerated the procedures well. Thank you for your continued support, guidance, and love through this trying time. We will update this fundraiser as appropriate.

Update 2 (3-1-24): Last night, Mary passed away peacefully surrounded by friends and family. We are heartbroken to see her go, but are comforted in knowing that she’s no longer scared or in pain. She fought a good fight with everything she had and we all admire her strength throughout. Moving forward, there is no information on services as of yet but will be shared once available. Any donations made to this fundraiser will be used to pay for services to honor her memory. We all thank you all so much for the support, shares, donations, kindness, food, and love we have received and continue to receive. Please respect the family’s privacy at this time. Thank you.