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Help my mom to remove brain cancer

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My name is Jina Thomas. Last month, I went to see my mom in South Korea. It was the first time I saw her since I moved to the States, in July 2005 about 18 years ago.

I constantly worry about my mom. She is all by herself and getting older so I wanted to bring her to the U.S. to live together. However, I wasn’t sure if my mom would like it here. So, I decided to bring her for a month to see if she would be interested in living in the States; she landed in Orlando on May 04, 2023.

A couple of days after she came to the States, I noticed that she started to walk a bit funny. I also noticed that she was consistently losing her train of thought. So I decided to send her back to South Korea earlier than we had originally planned.

Three days before her flight my mom had a seizure, I immediately called 911. We rushed to the Orlando ER where they took a CT scan of her brain and found that she has a brain tumor about 7 cm in size. After she got some seizure medication she seemed to be doing ok, so the ER doctor said we could send her back to South Korea. While we waited to be discharged, the neurosurgeon contacted the ER and explained that my mom needed to remove the tumor as soon as possible due to its size. The next day she transferred to the cancer center in downtown Orlando.



After she transferred to the cancer center the neurosurgeon found yet another tumor on her brain. He became concerned that it might be from another organ. So he ordered another CT for her whole body and found cancer in her lung and one more tumor on her brain. In total, she has three tumors in her brain.

First, they will remove her biggest tumor and have a biopsy on May 26. After the biopsy, they will decide what to do next.
My mom entered the States with a visitor visa so she has to leave the States before August 1st. If her treatment gets any longer or her physical condition is not adequate to fly, she will have to extend her visa(I-539) and explain the reason. Since it’s a medical issue, she will have to prove that she can pay the entire bill before she leaves the States. This was for this reason that I opened the Gofundme

My mom and I are each other’s only family. I have nowhere to ask for help. So even the smallest donation is truly appreciated. I am grateful for any support.

안녕하세요. 제 이름은 지나토마스 입니다.
몇주전 저는 이민온지 18년만에 처음으로 한국을 방문할수 있었고 엄마와 18년만에 재회하였습니다. 혼자계시는 엄마가 늘 걱정이였기에 엄마가 미국 생활을 어떻게 생각 하실까 미국에 모시고 와도 괜찮을까 하는 마음에 우선은 여행으로 모시고 와보자 결정하고 5월4일 1달 일정으로 엄마와 함께 미국에 (올랜도) 도착 하였습니다.

도착하시고 몇일뒤부터 엄마 건강이 나빠지시며 거동도 잘 못하시고 말씀도 어눌하셔서 급하게 한국으로 다시 모시고 나갈려고 비행기표를 알아보고 변경하였습니다. 출국 3일전 갑자기 발작이 시작되어 응급차를 불러 응급실로 향했고 CT 촬영후 뇌종양으로(7쎈티 크기)판정되었습니다.

발작을 잡는 약을 처방받고 응급실 선생님은 한국가서 치료받아도 될꺼 같다고 하셔 퇴원을 기다리는데 암센터 의사에게 연락이 와서 응급수술을 해야 할꺼 같다는 소견을 듣고 올랜도 다운타운 암센터 병원으로 이송되었습니다.

암센터 의사는 엄마 CT에서 10센티 짜리이외에도 작은 종양을 발견하였고 다른곳에서 전이되었을수 있다는 소견으로 전신 CT를 찍었고 폐에서도 암을 발견 머리에서는 또 다른 종양 발견 총 머리에만 3개의 종양이 있다고 하였습니다.
우선 5월 26일 제일큰 뇌종양 수술이 집혔고 그후 조직검사후 다른 암들 치료를 결정한다고 합니다.

엄마는 1달 일정으로 입국하셨기에 8월1일 전에 출국해야 하는 상황이고 치료가 길어지면 비자를 연장할수밖에 없는데(I-539)그때 비자 연장 사유와 메디컬 이유라면 병원비를 완납할수 있다는 증명을 해야 한다고 합니다. 그래서 이렇게 급하게 고펀드미를 오픈하게 되었습니다.

가족이라고는 저와 엄마뿐이기에 작은 정성이라도 지금저에게는 큰 힘이 될꺼같습니다.
감사합니다.

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