Help bring Jo Ann home

Our mom, Jo Ann Greisman, is on the other side of the world and can only make it home via a cost-prohibitive medical flight.

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Jo Ann was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma just over a year ago. Walking was difficult post-surgery, especially during a Winnipeg winter, so she went to stay with (daughter) Jennie and family in Israel, where they have advanced treatments unavailable in Canada, and planned to come home in the spring. Unfortunately, she began to experience severe and life-threatening side effects from the continued immunotherapy, which resulted in extended hospitalization.

She persevered and made it out of hospital, and wants nothing more than to return home to see the rest of her family, her friends, and her doting dog. But she is unable to take a commercial flight due to unmanageable pain in her abdomen, tailbone, and back. Inoperable tumors leave her unable to sit for the long journey or endure the multiple layovers, and she can only get home by medical flight.

The cost for this service is over $110,000 CAD, and it provides her with the stretcher service, air ambulance, and medical escort needed to get her home.

Jo Ann has always been the caregiver. Looking out for her kids, her grandkids, and others who need help. Now we need help to help her. Every dollar raised will go towards the medical flight. Time is critical, please donate what you can and share this with others to help us bring her home.

Thank you,

Amanda, Jennie, and David Greisman