Kelly's Leukemia Medical Assistance
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I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on March 11, 2015 at Slidell Memorial Hospital's Emergency Room. Admitted into Tulane Hospital in New Orleans the next day for instensive week long 24/7 chemotherapy by Dr. Hanah Safah. I started having trouble breathing after the Chemo started and they sent me to ICU. I went on life support shortly there after for two and half weeks. Lungs, Kidney's and Liver were shutting down, I went into Congestive Heart Failure and there was a lack of oxygen to my brain and the rest of my body. I managed to start breathing on my own again and was taken off life support. I spent a week with ICU delirium, that was a trip. My first stay lasted a month and a half in the hospital.
I developed a blood clot in my lower right leg a couple of days after the first hospital stay and they put me on blood thinning shots that I gave to myself in my stomach twice a day for 3 months. I also had to have oxygen for 3 months after the first stay, tanks and a machine. I was in a wheelchair for a short time and then started using a walker to get around.
The picture above is me and my sister sporting our new spring hats at Hope Lodge just after I was released the first time.(covering up my bald head)
I have since completed 3 week long chemotherapy treatments in Tulane hospital and and an additional 3 week long (some two and three week) hospital stays, including one surgery, due to complications from those chemo treatments. In addition I have gone to infusion twice a week (Tulane Cancer Center) during this seven month period to receive blood and platelet transfusions.
My liver enzymes spiked very high after that 4th round of Chemo. They have started coming down, slowly but surely. Hoping they will return to normal and there will be no damage to my liver from the Chemo. I have had some memory problems since the Life Support/Chemo and I will being seeing a Neurologist for tests soon. I also have some Chemo induced peripheral neuropothy in both hands with some carpal tunnel.
A little about me, I am a United States Veteran. I served 8 years as a Helicopter Paramedic with the LAARNG. I graduated from SLU with a degree in Business Management and up until the day I was diagnosed I was a Fitness Instructor for Cross Gates Athletic Club here in Slidell, LA.
In addittion to asking you to donate to this medical fund, I encourage anyone reading this to consider being a bone marrow donor (stem cell). My doctor says I have only a 32% chance of surviving the next five years without a transplant. If you are or know anyone that is between the ages of 18-44, Please consider being a bone marrow (stem cell) donor. Bethematch.org is the website you can join on. They will send you a free cheek swab kit. Just swab and mail it back. You donate blood for a day and you could cure my cancer or someone else's at no cost to you. There are so many of us out there just waiting for the day that someone with matching genetic markers signs up.
If your unable to donate to the fund or become a bone marrow donor, I encourage you to donate your time to The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in New Orleans. They are always in need of volunteers. During my treatment I was required to stay in New Orleans close to the hospital and Hope Lodge accomadated that need for both myself and my Mother at no charge. They are truly a wonderful organization. I wouldn't have been able to get through it without them.
Medical expeses are overwhelming me with the 7 hospital stays so far, the specialist doctor visits and infusions. If you are not comfortable donating through this site you can donate to me direclty via through this link:
Enter the email address: [email redacted]
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
P.S. I ask that you please share my story via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+, email and word of mouth.
I developed a blood clot in my lower right leg a couple of days after the first hospital stay and they put me on blood thinning shots that I gave to myself in my stomach twice a day for 3 months. I also had to have oxygen for 3 months after the first stay, tanks and a machine. I was in a wheelchair for a short time and then started using a walker to get around.
The picture above is me and my sister sporting our new spring hats at Hope Lodge just after I was released the first time.(covering up my bald head)
I have since completed 3 week long chemotherapy treatments in Tulane hospital and and an additional 3 week long (some two and three week) hospital stays, including one surgery, due to complications from those chemo treatments. In addition I have gone to infusion twice a week (Tulane Cancer Center) during this seven month period to receive blood and platelet transfusions.
My liver enzymes spiked very high after that 4th round of Chemo. They have started coming down, slowly but surely. Hoping they will return to normal and there will be no damage to my liver from the Chemo. I have had some memory problems since the Life Support/Chemo and I will being seeing a Neurologist for tests soon. I also have some Chemo induced peripheral neuropothy in both hands with some carpal tunnel.
A little about me, I am a United States Veteran. I served 8 years as a Helicopter Paramedic with the LAARNG. I graduated from SLU with a degree in Business Management and up until the day I was diagnosed I was a Fitness Instructor for Cross Gates Athletic Club here in Slidell, LA.
In addittion to asking you to donate to this medical fund, I encourage anyone reading this to consider being a bone marrow donor (stem cell). My doctor says I have only a 32% chance of surviving the next five years without a transplant. If you are or know anyone that is between the ages of 18-44, Please consider being a bone marrow (stem cell) donor. Bethematch.org is the website you can join on. They will send you a free cheek swab kit. Just swab and mail it back. You donate blood for a day and you could cure my cancer or someone else's at no cost to you. There are so many of us out there just waiting for the day that someone with matching genetic markers signs up.
If your unable to donate to the fund or become a bone marrow donor, I encourage you to donate your time to The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in New Orleans. They are always in need of volunteers. During my treatment I was required to stay in New Orleans close to the hospital and Hope Lodge accomadated that need for both myself and my Mother at no charge. They are truly a wonderful organization. I wouldn't have been able to get through it without them.
Medical expeses are overwhelming me with the 7 hospital stays so far, the specialist doctor visits and infusions. If you are not comfortable donating through this site you can donate to me direclty via through this link:
Enter the email address: [email redacted]
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
P.S. I ask that you please share my story via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+, email and word of mouth.
Organizer
Kelly Bonnette
Organizer
Pearl River, LA