Please Help Mighty Mara Conquer Cancer

Hello all, this is Mara Kuehler. She is the 1 year old daughter of Tim and Megan Kuehler who live in Harrisburg, SD.  Tim is my nephew, son of my sister Donna Fyfe.  Mara has always had beautiful eyes, but a while back Tim and Megan began to notice weird reflections and coloring in her right pupil. For a while they thought it was just something different about her. In the past month, these reflections and their ability to seemingly see right through her eye to a white spot in the back, which brought them to take her to the doctor.

On Thursday, January 9th, Mara was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma, which is a rare pediatric eye cancer. Thankfully, the cancer is confined to her eye. They confirmed that it has not spread to her brain or the fluid surrounding her eye.

The best treatment option for Mara is an intra-arterial chemotherapy. Mara is put under anesthesia and a catheter is run from her groin to her eye. They inject three different chemo medications right to the artery supplying her tumor.

The nearest medical facility that does this treatment is the University of Minnesota. Mara will have 6 rounds of chemotherapy every 3-4 weeks in Minneapolis. The funds raised will help the family pay for medical expenses as well as expenses incurred to travel to Minneapolis every 3 - 4 weeks which includes unpaid leave from work, food, hotel and travel expenses.  Anything that you can contribute whether it be financial or prayers would be much appreciated.