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Widowed Mother Needs Help After Tragedy

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First, I feel very awkward asking for help. I'm usually the one that tries to help others, and I'm a very hard worker, but the past four months have been horrible.

I did have a GoFundMe back in July because my husband was in hospice. He passed away on August 1st, leaving me a widowed mom and left us in horrible debt. I managed to almost get out of that hole, but a month ago I started having very bad symptoms of passing out and seizures. I also had a horrible infection in my blood, and I've been out of work for weeks. I have two boys, and I went to the hospital on Monday. I had two deadly blood infections which they got under control, but then during a CT scan, they accidentally found that I have something called empty sella syndrome where my pituitary gland is completely flattened in the brain. They said that the two number one causes are trauma to the area or a tumor causing it to flatten and then fill with cerebrospinal fluid, making it appear as an empty space. I'm not saying I have a brain tumor. I don't lie about medical issues, and I try not to lie in life, period. But I have to go see a neurosurgeon, and I need brain surgery, and I'm going to be on medications for the rest of my life, whether there's a tumor there or not.

My mortgage is due, and I wasn't expecting this diagnosis to come out of nowhere. I went to the hospital for something else, and they found this. And because my husband is deceased, everything falls on my shoulders. I'm not somebody that just sits around and does nothing and tries to make people pay for my life. I believe in working hard and doing honest labor, and I actually own a small business where I do mobile grooming, but due to my health, I have not been able to work.

I'm trying to get back to work as soon as possible, but my husband's death left us in horrible debt. I just need temporary help, and then I should be able to get back on my feet soon. If I could just get help for this month, I'll be able to get caught up. And I'm really supposed to be resting, and I would hate for my kids to lose another parent.

Just for a little bit more of a background, my husband passed away on August 1st, my dad on August 20th, then we had an aunt and a cousin pass away. I wasn't really close with them, but that's two more deaths in between those. Then my two dogs passed away. After all that, my kids have been through hell and back, and I would hate for us to get so far behind that we lose the house or have any more trouble.

I have to see the neurosurgeon on january third
To set up for brain surgery

i have all the medical paperwork and my husband’s death certificate all I want is to get surgery and get back to my life but bc the bills are now on my shoulders alone and my husband’s death left us broke I have to work even w vertigo nausea seizures headaches and building pressure
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    Kara Gibson
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    Hampstead, MD

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