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Help my wife fulfill her bucket list.

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Hello, my name is Joseph Blanchette. I am raising money for my beautiful wife Kim. To tell you a little about us we met when we were 21. We married the same same year it was definitely love at first sight. Soon after we had our first child Samantha. It was never easy for us but we managed to pay the bills and put food on the table. 3 years later came our son Jason. Then unexpectedly we adopted a child 18 years later. Julieona is now 10 years old. She has only ever known "mom" as someone who can't walk and who is very sick. My wife got sick when Julie was only 2. She had what we all thought was the flu. She went to doctor after doctor and they all sent her home saying it was pass. Well it didn't. 7weeks after symptoms started she became completely paralyzed. Unable to move anything. She was rushed to Boston medical center and they diagnosed her with Gillian Barre Syndrome. Doctors told her in most cases after a year she was be fine and regain all feeling. She was then transferred to a rehab center and stayed for 3 months. When she got home it was hard walking and moving around wasn't easy. Since then she has also been diagnosed with scleroderma another autoimmune disease. This one attacked all her organs making them thick and non-pliable. It's hard for her to swallow food. She now developed a lung issue, heart problems, nonalcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, COPD, and she retains copious amounts of water. She never got rid of anything. She has been sick for 8 years now. Doctors told her that she would have maybe 6months to 2 years. She made a bucket list. She wanted to show Julie that she was more than just a sickness and she wanted to make memories before she was unable to. Unfortunately we don't have the money to help her do this ( there are just to many bills and I cannot work due to me having to stay home with her. She cannot be alone and the state wont step in to help us) so I'm reaching out to the community and friends. Please anything will help. She wants to go to the beach, the zoo, pet a giraffe (her favorite animal), the aquarium. Help me help her show our children she is still capable and more than the disease labeled her. Thank you in advance for helping her. My wife is only 52 and our youngest is 10. Nobody deserves to be sick like this but maybe we as a group can help her wishes come true.
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Donations 

  • J C
    • $25
    • 1 yr
  • Anonymous
    • $5
    • 1 yr
  • Julie Guido
    • $10
    • 1 yr
  • Donald Lacroix
    • $50
    • 1 yr
  • Ryan Casey
    • $25
    • 1 yr
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Joseph Blanchette
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Blackstone, MA

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