I was diagnosed in 1997 with the medical condition; Ventricular Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A condition in which the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick.
“Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy makes it hard for the heart to pump blood. It often goes undiagnosed. This condition cause shortness of breath, chest pain, or abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias). Treatment for Janice includes surgery, an implantable device, or medications to slow or regulate the heart rate.”

I had my first implant surgery in 2010 for a defibrillator pacemaker. My hopes and joys were filled with “I get to live another day, another month another year”. In 2010 I sadly experienced the first signs of my medical condition increasingly changing for the worse. The defibrillator pacemaker was overworking and my medications were increased for me to remain functional. I was hospitalized regularly and was in constant pain. My cardiologist Dr. Eric Carlson in Colorado Springs identified that my condition dramatically became a life or death situation. I was referred to a specialist at the UC Health vascular Heart Center in Aurora Colorado. This where I met Dr. David S. Raymer MD and his pre-transplant team. The pre-transplant team attended to my fragile health condition throughout the required testing to be a candidate for a heart transplant. I know these are the first steps of hope to no longer be on borrowed time that gives me the will to one day very soon be able to return to a healthy active life. Where I can continue to give back to people in need.

I remain prayerful for many reasons and one is to live without fear of my condition, God will provide a heart transplant just right for me! With a selfless amazing prayer and support team, I am courageously standing in faith. I pray that many will want to give selflessly and will give selflessly as I have given throughout my life. Creating this fundraiser platform to help raise the necessary medical funding to provide stability in moving forward is a blessing. Each of your contributions helps me to hope to live a healthier happier life. Each donation is tax-deductible. Please continue to join me throughout this new heart transplant journey.

Thank you family and friends of Janice Henderson for helping to raise financial support through the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.

Janice 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.

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