As featured on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann and in The New York Times

Family and friends of Francisco Felix are raising money to pay for uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation. The father of four has not been able to work and help support his family for about 2 years. He is staying positive and hopeful that somehow, some way, a miracle can happen and he may be given a second chance at life. He was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 2006, and in mid 2010 he was diagnosed with cancer of the liver.
Francisco has Arizona medicaid insurance and for budget reasons, the state made the decision to cut back funds for some transplant patients. He is one of the many people affected by this unfortunate situation.
In mid November, life seemed to have changed for the good when a family friend unexpectedly passed away and had donated her liver to Francisco. However, as the budget cuts had become effective October 1st, he and his family had to come up with $200,000 by 10:00 am the morning after the friend passed away. It was a very tight and short time frame. Sadly the money was unavailable and Francisco was sent home empty handed. In early December, Francisco was informed that his life expectancy without the transplant is about 12 months.
Please help Francisco and his loving family reach their goal, and his second chance at life. His greatest wish is to be priviledged to see his 4 daughters walk down the aisle.
The hospital has informed Francisco that he must raise $500,000 for the transplant procedure and post-transplant care. Francisco has chosen to fundraise with HelpHOPELive – The Leader in Fundraising Assistance and Support for Transplant and Catastrophic Injury in part because HelpHOPELive provides both tax-deductibility and fiscal accountability to contributors. Contributors can be sure that funds contributed will be used only to pay or reimburse medically-related expenses. For more information, please contact HelpHOPELive at 800-642-8399.

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