Help a Marine Corps Veteran’s Wife with Liver Transplant Costs

November 30, 2020

Save the date, make a difference! #GivingTuesday is Tuesday, December 1 a day that you can make a difference in people's lives.

I am fundraising for a cause, and I could use your help! Please consider making a donation to the national nonprofit Help Hope Live in honor of Cindy's Transplant Success. To donate, visit: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/14019/

If you can’t donate right now, there are other ways to help! You can:

-Start a Facebook Fundraiser for Help Hope Live (add Cynthia Bertram to the title)

-Share my fundraising flyer

-Ask your employer to match employee donations on GivingTuesday, or

-Volunteer to help me spread the word

Everything you do will support an awesome charity and help to improve the life of those who like Cindy, face a battle for Life. I fundraise for #HelpHopeLive a 501 3C charity that helps cover medical cost that Insurance doen't cover.

THANK YOU for your help! #hopeisnotcancelled #GivingTuesday December 1st @helphopeliveorg

December 15, 2019

On July 8th, 2019 Cindy got the Gift of Life from a Donor and his/her family. Cindy was Transplanted at UAB in Birmingham, Alabama in an 7 hour operation. Two years and 10 months fighting Liver Disease and now she has a chance to Live thanks to a kind and generous family who wanted to do good for others and to supporters who have help in the cost of this Transplant.

Financially it would have been impossible for her to meet the requirements of getting this Transplant done. Even though Cindy has Medicaid the are a lot of cost that were not cover and cost that are still not covered or only partially covered. The Hospital and Doctors Bills from before Cindy got on Medicaid were not covered and we are still paying on them to this day. Our out of pocket exceeds $150,000 and that is not counting what Contributors have donated through HelpHopeLive.org a 501C (3) Charity setup for People just like Cindy. Anyone who has had to deal with a sudden Catastrophic Illness knows the cost and how devastating it can be to cover the cost that will keep them alive. Getting sick should not bankrupt a person and their family but it does. Even with Insurance lot of the Medicines to make a Transplant work are not covered or only partially cover as they are extremely expensive and with Medicaid the Best Drugs are out of reach for most people and Generic replacements are given at a lower cost but many of this lower cost drugs have side effects on other organs in the body and puts the person at risk of having even more problems when a lower cost drug is used. Even some the specialized Medicines that are generic still are out of reach for many as they can cost $2500 to $5000 month and more. Take EPCLUSA to cure HepC, it is $87,000 in America for a 90 day supply while in India that same drug is less than $700 for the 12 weeks course. This is what makes it so difficult financially to get medicines in America but the average family doesn't have that kind of funds available so this is where HelpHopeLive comes in to Help. They can only Help when Donors like you reading this campaign,step up and make a generous tax deductible donation. This is what I am asking of my fellow citizens to do, Give Life to those who have not been as fortunate as others and Give them a chance to Live. We are still struggling to keep afloat as this is a Life Long Campaign not just for my Wife Cindy and I but for others who need your help as well. Please make a donation no matter how small or Big, every donations helps all. Tony aka @MrTonyBertram on Twitter.