Three-time Cancer Battler Needs Help to Get Urgent Bone Marrow Transplant
A young mother, with a five year old daughter, is in dire need of a bone marrow transplant, but although she has insurance, she still needs to pay $80,000 as her co-payment. After fighting cancer for ten years, her family has no more resources. Donations are being frantically solicited to save Rachel Hunnicutt-Knight's life.
Southlake, TX (PRWEB) August 5, 2010
When she was fourteen, Rachel Hunnicutt-Knight’s doctor diagnosed her with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, instead of the strep throat she thought she had. Hours later, a biopsy was performed, and the same day, her chemotherapy treatment was begun.
That night, surrounded by friends and family, Rachel’s mom, Sandy, tried to explain it to her. “Here’s the deal; you’re going to get sick, and you’re going to lose your hair, but from everything I’ve read so far, this is a do-able deal…” Sandy told her.
Rachel balanced her school, her job at a bank, and her cancer treatments, until she graduated from Keller High School, with honors in 2004. That was just days after being given a clean bill of health by her doctor. She moved on with her life, stronger than ever.
-Seven Years Later
Rachel is still working at the bank, but is now married, with a beautiful daughter, Alexis. Then, after seven years of remission, she suffered a relapse. She’s undergone two years of treatment since then, but tests indicate that the cancer has spread to her bone marrow. The doctors say her only option now is a bone marrow transplant.
-The Cost of Staying Alive… even WITH Insurance
Since Rachel is employed, and has insurance, there should be no problem, right? Not entirely true, as her co-payment for the operation, scheduled for August of 2010, will be around $80,000. It might be less, but will probably be more. That’s why friends of the family created a website, http://got-marrow. org (http://got-marrow. org), with a prominent Paypal button, and began a virtual blitzkrieg of every social media site they could find, to raise awareness… and funds.
The Hunnicutt family has always been generous with their friends in need. They’re not wealthy, and have pretty well exhausted their resources in this fight to save their daughter. Neither they nor their Rachel can afford the $80,000, so a fund has been set up to address these costs, and donations are being sought, from any and all that can help. On the website, donations to the Rachel Hunnicutt-Knight fund can be made by PayPal or credit card, and messages of encouragement and support can be left, as well.
Rachel's doctors have successfully located a number of donors that appear to be good matches, and DNA testing has been expedited. Her surgery has been tentatively scheduled for sometime in August, but before it can proceed, it's urgent that funds be raised for the co-pay. Donations are being solicited, to save this young mother's life, while there is still time.
Nobody can help everyone, but everyone can help somebody. Will you help?
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