Jeannette’s heart condition recently became a race against time. She was in heart failure that soon became critical and it was apparent that she wound need a major Intervention in order to live long enough for a Heart Transplant. She underwent a major surgery in June 9th of this year, where she received her LVAD or as her grandkids her like to say her mechanical heart. She was still recovering finically from her LVAD surgery when December 8th she received the call everyone on the transplant list is waiting to get. They had a match. Jeannette had her heart transplant December 9th. She has a long road ahead of her and is facing significant financial hardships. She is required to live in Washington for three months where she will have medical expenses, housing expenses both at home and in Washington, travel expenses, and lifelong testing expenses that are accumulating. We are asking family, friends and the local community to join us in fundraising for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to help with critical expenses Jeannette is currently facing, including lodging where she is required to stay a minimum of 90 days after she was discharged from the hospital.
Jeannette has always remained optimistic, upbeat and outgoing despite her chronic heart failure and limitations. She has had health challenges along the way and has conquered them with a smile on her face and positivity that is as big as the Montana Big Sky country. She has set new life goals while making some changes along the way that has allowed her to follow her dreams from flying high over Camp Tuffit and flathead lake in the motorized ultra-light to going to cheering her grandkids on along the way as they accomplish there goals and dreams. My ultimate dream was to see all my grandkids graduate and now with my new heart this is now a reality. Some of her personal goals that she look forward to doing is hiking in the mountains, huckleberry picking with my family, going to the natural hot springs, swimming, and horseback riding. She really miss being able to get on her horse and going for a ride in the mountains.
While Jeannette has some health insurance, many of the transplant expenses are not covered. A few are
her anti-antirejection medications that can range from a minimum of $5,000.00 a month on up, her biopsy’s,
travel/lodging expenses, and if she is needing testing at other Hospitals that are not in Montana or
Washington.
Your generous donations to Help Hope Live can help lighten the financial burden that she is currently
facing and will allow her the time she needs to focus on her recovery. She is at crucial time of her
transplant recovery and staying stress free and focused on self-care will allow her a smoother recovery.
Family and friends of Jeannette Feltus are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.
Jeannette has 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.
For more information, please contact Help Hope Live at 800.642.8399.
Thank you for your support!
