Save Sarah, Emma's mom, from Lyme Disease

I humbly ask for your help







Once a vibrant, loving yoga teacher and yoga therapist who devoted my life to helping others heal I am now fighting for my own life. I have written and rewritten this 50 times over during the last 6 months, while I've hesitated to ask for help. It has come to the point that I either receive treatments and fight these infections with everything in my being or our 4 1/2-year old daughter will grow up without a mother (all of these photos were taken prior to me getting sick).

What Happened:  

I have late state neurological Lyme Disease and MANY stealth and difficult to rid co-infections such as bacteria, viruses and parasites; all of which need varying treatments. 

Two years ago I started having tremors and involuntary twitches. My spine, neck and back felt crushed with indescribable pain that landed me in the emergency room. I lost the ability to sleep.

I live with so much pain that it is almost unbearable. Unable to regulate my body temperature, my blood pressure drops so low I can only stand for a few minutes at a time. I’ve been so fatigued I can barely manage to do the simplest tasks, like going to the grocery store or prepare basic meals for my daughter. My brain fog is such that I am unable to make the simplest of decisions. I have been almost entirely bedridden for the last 2 years. I shake and tremor so badly on a regular basis due to severely impaired neurological functioning. To say the least, I haven't been able to work this entire time or care for my family. I am even unable to get to any doctor appointments by myself to receive any treatment.

The pain and anguish that my family and I endure daily is indescribable. This illness is unrelenting, and everyone around me is suffering beyond belief. Tragically, Emma is losing her mother to Lyme disease, and I want to LIVE and raise her.  I have to keep going and am ready for my next battle to beat this horrific illness, but I need help. The discomfort and embarrassment of seeking help publicly, when I so crave privacy, has outweighed the desire to do everything possible to heal and get our lives back.

Since the beginning of 2018 I have been treated primarily with antibiotics, among other intensive protocols, with no relief or progress in my health. My insurance doesn't cover anything I need to get well. I am starting this fundraiser because we have exhausted all of my family’s resources (extended family's resources), 401(k), retirement and more, and receiving monetary help honestly is my only hope for survival.

There is treatment available that I haven't had yet and here is where your  kind and generous donation will be allocated:

Lyme Literate Medical Doctors/practicioners
Medicine not covered by insurance, including antibiotics (if necessary) holistic and herbals
Supportive Oligonucleotide Therapy (SOT), a gene splicing therapy from Europe - this is individualized, thus the cost is astronomical
Recommended treatments/IVs, nutritional support
Testing to determine what to treat next and how the treatment is working 
Help with Emma while I’m receiving treatment

Any amount is appreciated more than words can describe and will contribute to me getting better. If you are unable to help financially please consider sharing this for us.

This would mean the world to me, my family and especially our daughter, Emma. We APPRECIATE
your help, prayers and support.

Thank you so much, Sarah