Kelly Wilson Cancer Expense Fund

In March 2020, Kelly Wilson was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer. Kelly’s doctors opted for a treatment plan that included 12 weeks of chemotherapy, 5 weeks of radiation therapy, and surgery to remove the malignant

tumor.

 

In November 2020, St. Francis Hospital in Long Island, NY performed the surgery to remove the tumor. Unfortunately, during the surgery cancer cells were discovered along the abdomen wall. A pathology test later confirmed that cancer had reached the abdomen. To remove the cancer from Kelly's abdomen wall, she underwent HIPEC surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. The seven-hour surgery involved a hot bath of chemotherapy medicines and required 10 days of recovery.

 

In March of 2021, a year after her original diagnosis, Kelly had an MRI that revealed the cancer in her abdomen had returned as stage 4 rectal cancer and had metastasized to her peritoneum. Doctors restarted chemotherapy with a much more aggressive treatment while closely monitoring her CEA blood level (tumor markers).

Between April 2021 and October 2021, Kelly was admitted to the hospital on six separate occasions for a litany of issues including: several small bowel obstructions, low white blood cell count, blood clots, malnutrition, frequent vomiting, nausea, dehydration, and anemia.

 

In October of this year, surgery was scheduled to repair the bowel obstruction. During the surgery, the surgeon discovered that Kelly’s abdomen had become completely overrun with cancer and she was diagnosed with end stage carcinomatosis. Kelly’s medical team then began making plans for her transition to hospice and end-of-life care.

 

Kelly is resting comfortably at Regional Hospice in Danbury, CT and has not only been positive and inspiring, but a true beacon of light in what has been a dark and difficult 18 months.

 

Kelly’s husband Matt has been the definition of a warrior husband and father. He has been fighting alongside his wife everyday while working full-time, maintaining the family home, caring for a 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter, staying informed of all medical updates, and handling their financial responsibilities, all while keeping an absolutely positive attitude throughout this entire harrowing experience.

 

Kelly is a loving, caring, hopeful, beautiful woman who has brought joy to everyone she has ever been in contact with. She has shown dignity, grace, and strength in every chapter of this journey. She is a mother, a wife, a friend, a daughter, a sister, and most of all she is a FIGHTER. Kelly hasn’t lost to cancer - on the contrary she has WON. In the words of Stuart Scott, “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and the manner in which you live”. Kelly lives for her family.

 

The costs associated with medical bills, TPN liquid nutrition (not covered at Hospice), non-covered costs, hospice care, and end-of-life arrangements are high. The Wilson family needs our help. Please donate any amount you can, and share, and reshare.

For those local donors that may come into contact with Kelly's children, or those that have children that interact with Kellys children. Please Be Aware, although they are aware mom is sick and in hospice they are not aware of the recent terminal diagnosis. Please use discretion in speaking around them.

 

For any additional information or ways you can help, please call David Stalvey at 2039481212