Kelly's medical fund

My name is Kelly Mackay. My good friend Tom Selear is organizing a fundraising event June 4th, 2016 at TG’s in Kenosha.

I was asked to create a gofundme account so that donations could be received from people who want to help but cannot make it to the event… so here it is! Thank you for listening to my story.

Last year my face became paralyzed on my right side. Originally the doctors believed that it was Bell's palsy, but after a second MRI at Froedert Hospital it was determined that I have a 1-4” growth on the nerve which effects the facial muscles. This makes it very difficult to close my eye, eat, drink, smile and make other facial expressions. I’m also more prone to infection.

The doctors are not advising that I have the "schwanomma" removed because it is so close to my cochlea and vestibular nerve. It’s a very risky operation which could damage my hearing and sense of balance.
The tumor is expected to grow and in time would eventually put more pressure in the area and inevitably effect both my balance and hearing. This also will reduce my life expectancy 10-15 years.
The other option is to decompress the nerve by removing part of cranium so that they can shave the bone in the tympanic cavity to allow more room for growth.

I have determined that I will go forward with the operation to decompress the nerve.

I've had a strong appreciation of music my entire life and the thought of losing hearing scares me.

Kids are older now and my youngest son has 5 more years before graduating high school. With my new found time I was hoping to get back into the performing arts as a hobby which was a passion of mine when I was young. Not having control over my facial expressions will make this dream impossible.

My health insurance is not the best with a high deductible. I'm in pretty deep right now and anticipate mounting debt. Your donation will help relieve some of the financial burden that this has caused me.

I know there could be much worse that could happen to me. Know that I would be so very thankful for your help in reliving the stress of this situation. Anything you can afford would be tremendously appreciated. Thank you.

Kelly