Denise Molina

Many of you know Denise Molina and the strong woman she is.

I have had the pleasure of knowing her since I was in Elementary school with her. Growing up I knew right away she would be a friend for life and she continued to be one of my best friends no matter where life has taken us. As we grew older I never knew the struggles Denise faced everyday due to having juvenile diabetes also known as Type I Diabetes.

As many of you may know Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin; insulin is in fact important for life-sustaining. Type 1 Diabetes is 24/7/365 day battle that never ends, from pricking fingers up to 10+ times a day to injecting insulin multiple times a day even down to counting every single thing you eat or drink to make sure your blood sugar is where it should be. Many people may know that when you have an autoimmune disease it is very hard to stay healthy.

With that being said, many of you know Denise also contracted Tuberculosis as a teenager sending her to ICU for a very long time. Denise was very critical and on life support due to bilateral lungs collapsing, trachea and blood clot on her right leg causing lack of oxygen to the brain as well. Even though Doctors didn’t have a good prognosis Denise overcame and survived, thanks be to God. Although Denise survived she suffered tremendous damage to her lungs that was irreversible.

Fast forward many years and now Denise faces even more health issues that are due to her diabetes, she is now in renal failure. Renal failure is when your kidney’s stop working and dangerous levels of waste accumulate in the blood, without functioning kidneys the only alternative is dialysis. Dialysis is a life-supporting treatment that Denise must undergo 3 times a week, 4 hours each day to stay alive, a very harsh treatment that leaves Denise drained and very weak.

As you can all see for yourself Denise is VERY strong woman that has won many battles in her life and some that are yet to be won. Denise has gone years trying to get a transplant for her pancreas and now her kidneys, only to be turned away time and time again due to complications. The latest being that her lungs, due to her Tuberculosis, are not strong enough to endure a transplant. Healthy people walk around with 100% function of their lungs while Denise is walking around with 45% function. Mysterious to all doctors Denise is not in need of oxygen to walk around as someone with her low lung function would need.

No doctor here in Houston will let Denise be on the transplant list due to her lungs being very damaged, unless she gets a lung transplant first. At this moment there are doctor’s at Baylor Scott and White in Temple, Texas that specialize in cases as fragile as Denise’s. Today I come to you for financial support to get Denise to Temple, Texas and for many hospital bills that have been accumulated since the beginning of this battle.

If you can’t give money at this time we ask that you share this with as many people as you can. We all love Denise and we want to help her through her battle. Many of you may want to contribute in other ways and I think a very fitting and self-rewarding way would be to inform yourself on being a donor. Donors saves lives and this time we want to save Denise and get her to the way we all remember her, amazing and full of life.

Family and friends of Denise Molina are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.

Denise has chosen to fundraise for Help Hope Live in part because Help Hope Live assures fiscal accountability of funds raised and tax deductibility to the full extent allowed by law 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.

Thank you for your support!