April Burkhardt

Assistance for April!

For the last 20 years, I have watched my daughter April Burkhardt struggle with Type I Diabetes. I have seen her suffer through many cases of painful pancreatitis, multiple hospital stays and four near-death experiences. Eighteen months ago, April was also diagnosed with end-stage renal disease (impending kidney failure). For more than a year, she has tried to cope with the debilitating side effects of both diseases, resulting in a serious decline in her health. Thankfully, on September 12, 2014, April received her gift of life- a kidney/pancreas transplant! And thanks to her incredible surgeons and doctors, April is now in recovery mode looking forward to getting her life back, but she needs your help with post-transplant expenses.

After moving from Oklahoma City to Dallas in 1999, April worked in publishing but ultimately became a high school English teacher. Unfortunately, she had to give up teaching due to her health issues. So three years ago she started working part-time as a personal assistant. While transplants are life-saving, they are also financially draining. Even with insurance, April is facing many uncovered costs due to doctor visits, co-pays, lab costs, a lifetime of anti-rejection medications as well as the time off work needed for her recovery.

To help offset some of the costs for April, a fundraising campaign in her honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, a trusted non-profit 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 South-Central Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant-related expenses only. We ask that you please consider making a contribution.

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Thank you for all of your thoughts, prayers, support and generosity. Keep an eye on April’s progress through her campaign page at www.helphopelive.org because we will be posting updates regularly.

Gratefully,
Luanne Hanford (April’s mom)
214-500-1229