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Help my daughter and her family beat cancers butt

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Hi my name is angie sierras mother. Earlier this year my daughter sierra was diagnosed with a bad case of bells palsy affecting the right side of her face leaving it paralyzed. Due to the severity of her eye issues and pain she's been off of work on medical leave since the end of February. When her symptoms didn't get any better
and no movement in her face she had some further testing with an mri. The results came back showing a tumor in her parotid that appeared malignant and spreading into her nerves. Her dr in Salem reffered her to a specialist at ohsu in Portland. Yesterday her and Michael met with the Dr along with a plastic surgeon. The Dr's professional opinion and experience leads him to think that it may be a cancer called adenoid cystic carcinoma. We wont know for certainty until the day of her surgery when they cut her open and biopsy it. The surgery is currently being scheduled for June 3rd. Because the tumor is wrapped around the nerve and in a large area the plastic surgeon and specialist will have to sacrifice a big part of her facial nerve and attempt to do a nerve graft from another part of her body and place it in her face. She will never regain the same look she had prior to facial paralysis. They will also put a platinum weight in her eyelid for it to be able to close fully. This will be a full mastoidectomy, total parotidectomy. This is a very invasive and long surgery with multiple surgeons and estimates to be around 7-10 hours with no complications assuming. After surgery she will have a week stay in the hospital in Portland. She most likely will have radiation just 6 weeks after surgery and that is roughly 5 days a week for 6.5-7 weeks long. The recovery can be an estimated 3-4 months and she will be off of work. Michael and sierra and their daughter live in Salem and will be traveling back and fourth to Portland. Michael will need to take time off work to support his wife and take care of their 1.5 year old daughter Leilani. we are praying and asking for any help we can for hospital and medical charges, deductibles, out of pockets. Gas to and from appointments, bills, and just every day expenses while they navigate focusing on getting better. God has been so good in this, he let us know there was a problem, found a good set of drs and a quick move into action. We ask for prayers during this time and if you can help we appreciate use it.
God is in control and will be with us through everything.







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    Angela Harvey
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    Salem, OR
    Sierra Siliga
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