Jan Ziskovsky

Please Help Jan Ziskovsky with Lung Transplant Recovery

Jan Ziskovsky had a lung transplant on November 5, 2020 at Philadelphia’s University of Pennsylvania – Penn Medical Center after Jan’s years-long treatments for interstitial lung disease stopped working. This was blindsiding and unexpected for Rosemary and Jan, with no time to prepare for the road ahead. Jan’s recovery will be long; her medical team expects Jan to be hospitalized for at least two more months.

Early indicators seem promising for Jan’s recovery, and if the transplant remains successful, Jan could live many more years! Jan and her spouse Rosemary face added expenses as a result of the transplant and recovery, and they need your financial help.

Jan Ziskovsky is a woman who is loved and appreciated much more than she knows. So many words can be used to describe Jan. She is kind, compassionate, independent, creative, unique and always wanting to learn. Jan is feisty, witty, authentic, thoughtful and curious. Jan has worked for a crisis response organization, Foundation 2, providing hope and encouragement to those in a mental health crisis. She loves animals and is great with kids. Jan is devoted to her family and has been a caregiver to her mom.

Your donation will help Jan and Rosemary defray their mounting expenses, including Jan’s and Rosemary’s relocation to Philadelphia for Jan’s surgery and aftercare, while they also continue to maintain their home in Delaware; both Jan and Rosemary are using unpaid leave, so monthly income is substantially reduced; rising out-of-pocket medical and prescription drug costs; extra costs for increased companion care for Jan’s mother Marge, who moved with Jan and Rosemary to Delaware last winter, and for whom Jan and Rosemary were providing care until Jan’s condition became critical.

Please click on the GIVE button/link to donate to Jan’s recovery and to Rosemary’s support of Jan. The geographic distance between all of us that love Jan and Rosemary, their location on the East Coast, and coronavirus have made it impossible for us to support Jan and Rosemary by delivering a meal, offering rides, or simply sitting with Jan and Rosemary in peaceful vigil.
Your donation will help to ease both the immediate and the long-term financial burdens that Jan and Rosemary face. Thank you for your caring.

We are are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund in honor of Jan Ziskovsky for uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.

We have chosen to fundraise for Help Hope Live in part because Help Hope Live assures fiscal accountability of funds raised and tax deductibility for contributors. Contributors can be sure donations will be used to pay or reimburse medical and related expenses. To make a tax-deductible donation to this fundraising campaign, click on the GIVE button.

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For more information, please contact Help Hope Live at 800.642.8399.

Thank you for your support! And thank you for caring!!