Please help Rebekah Mercadel Hart - Transplant

Hello my name is Rebekah “Beka” Mercadel Hart.

I’m 30 years old and was living a fairly normal life till January 2022.

I was married and a homeowner for 4 years. I worked for SOTA Weight Loss for 5 years. Out of nowhere, I started getting sick.

First it was stomach and intestinal issues, then I developed a chest tumor. All of this was wreaking havoc on my body with massive weight loss and chronic extremity nerve and joint pain. I have lost over 50 pounds and now I am down to just 77 lbs. as of today 12/31/2022.

Under normal circumstances I’m financially independent, but during these challenging times meeting my financial responsibilities is basically nonexistent. I have not been able to work since I was let go in May of 2022.

Fast forward a bit, we elected to send my medical records from Texas to be reviewed by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Within weeks we were granted an appointment with one of the head doctors from Neurology which was November 3, 2022.

Based on the evaluation which was done with a Neurologist, he found it necessary to immediately admit me and start IVIG treatments for Morvan’s Syndrome.

Within a couple of days of being admitted, I experienced excruciating abdominal pain. The doctors did a CT scan which led to having emergency exploratory surgery within an hour of the scan being done. Unfortunately, during the surgery doctors discovered that my large and small intestine had no blood flow and was basically dead. They performed emergency surgery to remove all of my large intestines and 98% of my small intestines. My gallbladder and colon was also removed.

Fast forward again after five life-saving surgeries, I stand here today thanking God for grace and for my life.

I’m grateful to be a candidate for a small bowel intestinal transplant from Georgetown University in Washington DC. I will travel there early in 2023 for evaluations and testing. Please keep me in your prayers.

I’m so thankful to God, that my mom has been able to be my caregiver along with my dad and an incredible team of doctors and nurses from the Mayo Clinic.

If you are led, and able to bless me with a donation please do so, it will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you and may God bless you all,

Rebekah Mercadel Hart ❤️