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Hi friends and family,

We've added a link near the top of the page for donations that will go towards paying for childcare while Summer is recovering from surgery. She's going to need full-time childcare for a while, and we want to chip in to make that possible.

Please consider donating for this fund. All money donated will go into a special account set up just for Summer.

If you'd like the money that you donate to be earmarked for some other purpose (for example: for food deliveries, laundry services, or other day-to-day things that she'll need help with), please just send me an email and let me know at summershealth@gmail.com.

Thanks for your help. Every little bit adds up.

Much love,
Renee and Juliette

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First Step: Childcare after the Surgery

Summer will have surgery to remove her thyroid on January 7th. The type of cancer she has, is called papillary thyroid cancer, which has the highest mortality rate of all thyroid cancers.

Summer tells us that her surgeon is very kind, very compassionate and very knowledgeable. After thyroid surgery, Summer might not be able to talk so well, nor eat so well, and she must avoid heavy lifting. Since she is the main caretaker of her two daughters ages 8 months old and 7 years old, and the main caretaker her household while her man works hard for the money, we are collecting funds to hire babysitters whenever she needs them. One of our other cousins has volunteered to stay with Summer to help the family for about a week, after which another friend said she could stay for about one week. But surgical recovery takes 6-8 weeks so Summer will need more childcare help during that time.

Both Renee and I will distribute the funds to the babysitting services on as as needed basis and we will report how much we have collected and when and how it is distributed so that everyone knows where the mullah goes! LOL You can donate NOW via the PAYPAL LINK at the top of this Blog page

Every dollar counts. If you can only afford to donate $5, please do so. If in two more weeks you can afford to donate $5 more, Summer and her long-time partner Terry will very much appreciate anything that you can do to assist their family.

Also, as an FYI Summer, thankfully, has health insurance which will cover the vast majority of treatments and the medications she will have to remain on lifelong. Of course there are the out-of-pocket expenses that we all face, even when we have insurance. But at least she has insurance. Phew!

Thank you for your help, your prayers and positive frame of mind for Summer's recovery!

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