This fundraiser is to cover the out of pocket costs that insurance will never, ever cover. I will have to relocate to Cleveland, Ohio once I get "the call" and then am discharged from the hospital after successful transplant. The Cleveland Clinic requires this for anywhere from 8 to 12 weeks. There will be constant trips back and forth to the clinic to monitor and signs of rejection. All this while I maintain my apartment here in Lancaster, NY. I only have social security coming into my household. All the costs of housing and food are my responsibility. High stakes for someone on SS.

I've been a LPN since 1976. I graduated Nursing school in 1975 and joined the Air Force on 2Feb76. After I got my Honorable Discharge in 1980 I worked up and down the east coast.  I got my Bachelors Degree in 1986 but continued working as a LPN, just couldn't get away from it. In 2007 I was forced to retire due to Pulmonary Fibrosis, Hence the need for a transplant. I was told back then I had 3 to 7  to live.  I forgot to die! now, going into 2023 I need both of these lungs replaced pretty soon. It took me a year to get listed going thru all the tests