Jayde Wilmes

Let’s Beat This!

In the summer of 2013, while pregnant with her daughter, Jayde Wilmes was preliminarily diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. On September 13th 2013 she delivered Charlie, a beautiful healthy baby girl. Shortly after the birth, Jayde began a six month chemotherapy regimen starting in Bozeman, MT and eventually moving to Omaha, NE. After moving back home to Montana it was discovered that the treatment did not completely eradicate the disease. But there’s a plan.

Various oncologists from across the country have recommended an autologous stem cell transplant as a promising treatment. So there’s hope – the incredible opportunity to have a very costly life-saving procedure. Not only does the stem cell transplant require Jayde and her family to uproot from Bozeman, again, but the procedure also carries a hefty price tag.

The expenses will not only be medical (for the transplant, medications, labs, etc.), but include the cost of travel and housing. The transplant will happen in Seattle, Washington, where Jayde and her small family will live for about two months. The estimated cost before insurance for this can be around $100,000. After the transplant Jayde will be infertile. For this reason, she and her husband Evan have decided, as a young family, to preserve embryos to keep open the opportunity to expand their family in the future. Embryo collection (which will not be covered by insurance) will cost around $20,000.

To help with the financial burden, a fundraising campaign in Jayde’s honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, a nonprofit organization that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to patients and their families for more than 30 years. All donations are tax deductible, are held by HelpHOPELive in the Northwest Stem Cell Transplant Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant related expenses only. Please consider a contribution.

To make a tax-deductible donation to this fundraising campaign, click on the Donate Now button.

For more information, please contact HelpHOPELive at 800.642.8399.

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