Save my land and homestead.

Hi ya'll!

My name is Rae, my Alaskan Inupiaq name is CHIKKUQ, I am/was an Olympic coach for USAG gymnastics and a major athlete, I was born in Alaska but reside in Virginia now.

I got diagnosed March 8th 2021 positive covid pneumonia, March 9th I was immediately infused with antibodies, I was quarantined 90 days even from my students and my own children, I recovered fully then in November of 2021 I started having all my organs fail me.

Pancreatic insufficiency, I need a lung transplant, liver transplant and full c-section hysterectomy, I have had tumors develop on my kidneys and uterus, I have fought a few strokes and many blood clots and cysts, I'm what they call a "long hauler". I am currently in over 500 days of complete isolation from the world and my children and students.

I am immunocompromised with RA and Graves also raenauds im currently in pulmonary rehab 3xs a week and this is now a full time job, I went from 167lbs diesel healthy weight Elite coach to 110lbs puking and pooping blood, then went to just not even being able to walk up 4 stairs, I can't talk and walk at the same time most days or go up any inclined areas, I have a high heart rate going from sitting to standing, I have a 90/60 BP ALL THE TIME, I've had 4 blood clots one stroke and one heart attack. I'm over 500 days of full quarantine cause can't fight infection, I can't go in public, ever. I lost lefty lung to damage and am fighting for my life. I have 3 years and a long road ahead.

I'm SHOOK.

I am with the best transplant docs in the nation but this is EXHAUSTING.

I have land that I rent and built my homestead on, I collect rain water, I live with my wild animals and the mother earth, I also built a tiny house and became a minimalist, I am the only steward of this land across from a native burial ground and I want to purchase the land so I never have to leave them, this lifestyle or everything I built, I want to recover from these surgeries at home but I am facing losing it all, the governments assistance has not helped me, they infact throw me aside like so many others without relief I will lose this land and my tiny house and my peace and my paradise I worked so hard to build.

I will not stop fighting I will beat this virus and the damage it has cause to so many but I want to purchase this land for my children my 2 boys Ryder who is 14 and Grae who is 7 so they may have a safe place as I have taught them the ways of the land and we are Inupiaq proud Alaskan natives. I also want to protect my Mother Earth and should I leave earlier than expected I want this to be my legacy that I leave.

Nice to meet ya'll. Never give up. Sometimes you'll want too. But you have all the weapons you need in yourself SO FIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE. I don't feel so alone anymore.

Rae

Chikkuq