Help Aunt Laura Heal
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There are some people whose quiet loving energy lights up any room they’re in. Who when you’re down are able to lift your spirits with their smile. Who heal, and give, and love unconditionally with their whole being.
My Aunt Laura is one of those people. During one of my lowest times she nursed me to health, helping to mend my broken heart with her gentle, patient nature. Some of her friends might be familiar with her science fiction works, and she still writes under her byline Laura J. Mixon, as she’s able.
My Aunt is the nurturer, the caretaker and the hostess. She is not one to ask for help and getting her to accept it is not an easy feat.
Aunt Laura has been silently battling Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, a/k/a ME or ME/CFS or chronic fatigue syndrome and due to this illness she had to leave her engineering job several years ago.
This is a rare and under-researched condition that has impacted her ability to work and generally function. Stress exacerbates the symptoms of ME and as her medical bills pile up and debt increases, her condition worsens.
My hope is that we can raise enough funds to cover her medical bills and help with repairs to their home as she and science fiction writer Steven Gould, her husband (my amazing Uncle), are selling their house. This would help ease a tremendous amount of pressure for Aunt Laura and her family so she may focus on healing.
The first $3,400 will enable Aunt Laura to pay off existing medical bills, and an additional $2,600 will cover upcoming additional medical expenses. The remaining $14,000 will be used to make repairs prior to sale and moving expenses.
They will donate all additional funds above the needed amount to The Open Medicine Foundation , a non-profit that serves as an open-source clearinghouse and a source of funding for top researchers worldwide, who are working collaboratively toward a cure for ME/CFS.
Thank you for considering this request. May you be happy, safe and healthy!
My Aunt Laura is one of those people. During one of my lowest times she nursed me to health, helping to mend my broken heart with her gentle, patient nature. Some of her friends might be familiar with her science fiction works, and she still writes under her byline Laura J. Mixon, as she’s able.
My Aunt is the nurturer, the caretaker and the hostess. She is not one to ask for help and getting her to accept it is not an easy feat.
Aunt Laura has been silently battling Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, a/k/a ME or ME/CFS or chronic fatigue syndrome and due to this illness she had to leave her engineering job several years ago.
This is a rare and under-researched condition that has impacted her ability to work and generally function. Stress exacerbates the symptoms of ME and as her medical bills pile up and debt increases, her condition worsens.
My hope is that we can raise enough funds to cover her medical bills and help with repairs to their home as she and science fiction writer Steven Gould, her husband (my amazing Uncle), are selling their house. This would help ease a tremendous amount of pressure for Aunt Laura and her family so she may focus on healing.
The first $3,400 will enable Aunt Laura to pay off existing medical bills, and an additional $2,600 will cover upcoming additional medical expenses. The remaining $14,000 will be used to make repairs prior to sale and moving expenses.
They will donate all additional funds above the needed amount to The Open Medicine Foundation , a non-profit that serves as an open-source clearinghouse and a source of funding for top researchers worldwide, who are working collaboratively toward a cure for ME/CFS.
Thank you for considering this request. May you be happy, safe and healthy!
Organizer and beneficiary
Stephanie Maez
Organizer
Albuquerque, NM
Steven Gould
Beneficiary