Help Sylvia Crush Cancer!

  My name is Athena, and I've known Sylvia for 21 years. She has been my family, my friend, and my partner in crime, someone I can't imagine my life without.

   She is a loving wife and mother to her family of 7. A caring daughter and a supportive sister. To everyone, a giver.

   On Sept. 2nd Sylvia made her first of what is now five emergency room visits. This is when they found her cancer. Over the last eight weeks, she had 6 doctors visits. She has had a multitude of tests including; 2 CT scans, 2 PET scans, 2 MRI's, 5  emergency room visits with 3 ambulance rides, and countless blood draws. She has stayed 8 nights in the hospital and has received 6 units of blood.

   On Halloween, Sylvia started her first week of chemotherapy and daily radiation. She will be doing a total of 5 weeks on this schedule, followed  by 2 weeks of brachytherapy in Seattle. The brachytherapy will require her to spend an additional 2 planned nights in the hospital in Seattle. After all the planned treatments are done, there will be an unknown recovery time and many follow up doctors appointments and scans.

   Sylvia has been planning to work as much as possible through her tests and treatments. However, she has already missed a significant amount of time at work due to unforseen complications caused by her cancer.

   I am hoping we can all help support her and her family during this difficult time by relieving some of the financial burden. Thank you for your time and positive thoughts and prayers.