The Windsor Family
Story
Hi my name is Lauren...November 2018 I had my son...2 months later I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer...I was immediately put on a treatment plan that included chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, and radiation...I finished my chemo in may 2019 l...had the mastectomy june 2019...and finished radiation October 2019...turns out that was all the easy part...just before my radiation started I noticed my body not feeling right...I was slowly getting weaker...by the time I finished radiation I was unable to stand up on my own and hurt to move my arms and legs...I was hospitalized for a week for an infection in my right tissue expander and had to have emergency surgery to have it removed on October 30th 2019...less than a week later I was rushed to the hospital again for pancreatitis and ended up having my gallbladder removed...I thought I was ok after that but life had other plans...by the end of December 2019 my body started to get weaker again...by the end of January 2020 I wasn't able to stand up in my own...by middle of march 2020 I wasn't able to walk any more...and then by june 2020 my arms and legs were contracted...i went from weighing 150lbs to if I'm lucky 90lbs...I have zero fat or muscle on me...I'm limited on what I can do for myself on a daily basis...bout all.i can do is feed myself...I can't roll, stand, sit, walk, get to the bathroom, clean myself, bathe, or worse hold and play with my children...they're 4 and 2 now...I can't work or help provide for my family...I just want my family to not suffer because of me...I constantly feel like I'm the burden...I have to have help from my mother (who can't work either to stay home to take care of me and my children) and my husband (who's job has him working out of state all but one week a month)...I need to do something to assist them and ease my concerns of being the burden...and to top it all off I just had to put my dog of 8 years down for an injury that couldn't be fixed and my husband was diagnosed with early stages of liver disease so that would put more hospital bills in our lap that we already have that we're slowly not making dent in...please if anyone is willing to bless my family in any way we would be beyond grateful...I couldn't begin to describe how much we would appreciate any kind of assistance...this is so hard for me to ask because I'm used to doing things on my own...I thank anyone for having the time to read and/or contribute