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Help Keep Funmi Alive

Help Keep Funmi Alive

This is a true story. My wife-Funmi is battling for her life and needs the support of many friends and others who care. It was not my plan in any way to setup a GoFundMe Account, but there is nowhere else to go. My family has exhausted all possible options of raising money to stop her fibroid bleeding and to undergo the necessary surgery. Funmi has had this fibroid for nine years, and we have not been able to afford to remove it. She was told eight years ago that she would lose her womb which got us scared because we wanted children and at the time we had none. In 2012, my wife and I were miraculously blessed with a beautiful daughter, and this gave us hope of having more children, so we have been trying for five years but to no avail.

Meanwhile, the fibroid tumor kept growing nonstop. Anyone that sees her thinks she is pregnant, but it’s the fibroid that has gotten so large.  It has caused her to bleed excessively for the past three months, which has also made her anemic with her blood count presently at 7.4.

She has had frequent visits to the hospital, but our insurance will not cover the cost of the Lupron Depot shots which she needs to take to stop the bleeding, shrink the fibroid and prepare her for the surgery to remove it. She has only been using iron medication to boost her blood, but she still loses the blood and feels like passing out sometimes. She can hardly leave the house because the blood flows out unannounced and is unmanageable once it starts.

Presently, I am a full-time student whose income can only meet our basic needs, and my wife is unemployed. I have come to a point where I have to ask for financial assistance to be able to meet my wife’s medical cost. She would have to take 3 Lupron shots which cost about $1,000 per shot and an additional cost of $20,000 for the surgery to remove the fibroid. Our insurance will not cover the cost of the Lupron shots and would barely cover the cost of the surgery.

 This GoFundMe Account is being created to save her life. She is running out of time and keeps losing blood. Please help keep my wife alive for my little girl and me. The money raised would go a long way in meeting her medical cost, medication, and recovery after surgery.

I would be very grateful if you all can donate and also help by sharing this link with your family and friends. Remember no amount is too small.

Thank you so much for taking your time to read my page and may the good Lord bless and reward every one of you.

Organizer

Emmanuel Bernard Odin
Organizer
Del Rio, TX

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