I Needs Your Help!

Hi, my name is Crystal Freeman and I’m asking for a few minutes of your time to tell you my story. I am a 27-year-old Punta Gorda, Florida resident. My life is a good life filled with the love of my beautiful six-year-old daughter Brianna and my boyfriend of over two years. However, in 2010, I was diagnosed with severe cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. Over the years, my health continued to decline. I am now to the point where I need a lifesaving heart transplant to survive and I need your help to make that happen. My doctors at Tampa General Hospital have placed me on the heart transplant waiting list. Until a match is found for me an LVAD (left ventricular assist devise) is keeping my heart pumping. As you can imagine, the costs associated with transplantation are overwhelming.

Currently, my boyfriend, Brianna and I are living with his mom until our little family can afford our own home. This dream seems a far way off when I think of the medical bills that have been mounting. A few years ago, I was in a car accident that left me without a vehicle making doctor visits a struggle. I live an hour and a half away from Tampa General, 400 miles round trip. My own family is not in a position to help. Thankfully my father is in remission now, but his health was compromised from his battle with lung cancer and, sadly, I lost my mom to a heart aneurysm just five days before my sixth birthday. Despite these hardships, I am determined.