Hi, I need your help!

My name is Tammy, my health took a terrible turn in October, 2020. I was admitted into the ICU, doctors telling my family that they did not know if I would make it. I spent Thanksgiving that year in the hospital without my daughters. I was told that I needed to get my affairs in order, my diagnosis was end stage COPD/Emphysema. My only hope at a semi-normal life and being able to do normal activities of daily living was to have a double lung transplant.

I was referred to Duke University Hospital, and since then, have been accepted into their program. This program comes with quite a few different requirements: (1) having to relocate to the Durham area for 4-6 months, (2) you are obligated to do their pulmonary rehab program (pre & post transplant), (3) a mandatory fundraiser to help raise funds for your time while down there (medical necessities, housing, food, transportation, etc). The goal for my fundraiser is to raise $10,000-$15,000, with a $10,000 mandatory minimum. While at Duke I will require a full-time primary caregiver (one of my daughters), who will also have to give up her time and job to help care for me.