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I'M JUST A WIFE, A MOM, A GAMMY, A DAUGHTER, A SISTER, A COUSIN AND A FRIEND THAT IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AND I'M DESPERATELY PRAYING FOR YOUR HELP IN THE FIGHT FOR MY LIFE! HELLO, MY NAME IS SANDY, I'M A MOTHER OF 4, MEGAN 24, CHRIS 22, ELECTRA 11, AND JOANIE 6 AND A GRANDMOTHER OF 3 BEAUTIFUL GRAND-KIDS, TREVOR 3, AMBER 3, AND JORDYN 1. MY FAMILY IS RAISING MONEY FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES, EQUIPMENT AND MEDICATIONS. THERE'S A LOT THAT IS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE AND THE TRAVEL EXPENSES TO THE MAYO CLINIC IN MINNESOTA FOR TREATMENT AND WE LIVE IN ALABAMA. SO WE ARE RAISING MONEY FOR ALL THE EXPENSES THAT WE ALONE CAN'T AFFORD. THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING BATTLE AND I NEED HELP! I KNOW TIMES ARE HARD, I'VE ALWAYS WORKED REALLY HARD AND NOW I'M DISABLED AND NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK IS DEVASTATING AND ASKING FOR HELP IS REALLY HARD AND I AM UP AGAINST THE BIGGEST FIGHT OF MY LIFE AND I CAN'T DO IT ALONE. SO, HERE'S A LITTLE HISTORY: IN 2000 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH UTERINE CANCER AND HAD A HYSTERECTOMY. IN 2001 I HAD A LAPAROSCOPY SURGERY DONE DUE TO SCAR TISSUE HAD ATTACHED TO MY OVARIES AND WAS PULLING THEM EVERY TIME I MOVED. IN 2004 I HAD SINUS SURGERY AND 2 DAYS LATER I ENDED UP IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND PNEUMONIA AND SO BEGAN THE PROBLEMS WITH MY BREATHING. IN 2007 I HAD SEVERE MIGRAINES THAT COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED SO I WAS HOSPITALIZED AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN ANEURYSM IN MY BRAIN IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS ABOVE THE CAROTID ARTERY. IN 2010 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A VASCULAR NECROSIS IN MY HIPS (THIS IS WHERE THERE IS NO BLOOD FLOW GOING TO EITHER OF MY HIPS AND THE BONES ARE DYING) I HAD A CORE DECOMPRESSION FIRST ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN THE RIGHT SIDE, THIS DID NOT WORK SO I HAD YET ANOTHER RESURFACING SURGERY ON THE LEFT SIDE AND I ASPIRATED AND ENDED UP IN INTENSIVE CARE AGAIN AND ALMOST DIED, THEN I HAD TO HAVE THE RESURFACING SURGERY ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THIS TIME I DID QUIT BREATHING AND MY HEART QUIT BEATING, THEY HAD TO SHOCK MY HEART TWICE TO GET ME BACK AND I WAS IN A COMA IN INTENSIVE CARE FOR A WEEK. THIS MADE A TOTAL OF 4 SURGERIES ON MY HIPS. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL WITH PNEUMONIA A FEW TIMES AND I HAD ALREADY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ASTHMA, ACUTE BRONCHITIS, EMPHYSEMA AND COPD. IN DECEMBER OF THIS PAST YEAR I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH PNEUMONIA AND AN ON-CALL PULMONARY DOCTOR SAID SOMETHING THAT I DID'T KNOW AND HAD NEVER HEARD OF INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE. AND SO MY JOURNEY BEGAN JANUARY 2016 I HAD A LUNG BIOPSY THE RESULTS CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER. MY DIAGNOSIS: PULMONARY FIBROSIS... (THIS IS WHERE THE HEALTHY TISSUE IN THE LUNGS BECOME DAMAGED AND SCARRED THUS MAKING SCAR TISSUE AND PREVENTING THE LUNGS FROM EXPANDING AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH OXYGEN INTO THE BLOOD STREAM AND THE LUNGS BEGIN TO HARDEN UNTIL EVENTUALLY I JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO BREATH OR I HAVE A HEART ATTACK FROM MY LUNGS AND HEART OVER WORKING.) THERE IS NO CURE, FROM THIS POINT ON I WILL BE FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE. TREATMENT IS TO TRY AND SLOW IT DOWN AND/OR A LUNG TRANSPLANT AND SO BEGINS MY JOURNEY TO THE MAYO CLINIC. UPDATE: MARCH 2016 I HAD MY 5TH HIP SURGERY AND HAD THE RIGHT HIP REPLACED AND GOT YET ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS THAT I DID NOT WANT OR EXPECT. I HAVE A LESION ON MY ADRENAL GLAND. I'M STILL HERE AND STILL FIGHTING TO GET BETTER! I GO BACK AT THE END OF APRIL BEGINNING OF MAY FOR MY 6TH HIP SURGERY TO HAVE THE LEFT HIP REPLACED AND I HAVE SEVERAL TESTS ON MY LUNGS. LAST COUNT WAS 15 APPOINTMENTS AND SURGERY AND 2 PROCEDURES, I'M ASKING AND PRAYING FOR YOUR HELP! ANYTHING YOU CAN GIVE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED I'M IN DESPERATE NEED!!!! GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY STORY. I ASK ONLY FOR YOU TO PLEASE HELP SAVE MY LIFE!!! DONATE AND THEN SHARE WITH EVERYONE EVERYWHERE AND ASK THEM TO SHARE!!! P.S. IF YOU PREFER Y