Eric Fornof

Eric Needs Our Help!

Eric Fornof is a 48-year-old man who is very ill. For over 45 years, he has struggled with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, which led to his blindness and is causing imminent kidney failure. His best chance of survival is a kidney transplant.

Eric grew up in Cheney, WA and graduated from Cheney High School. He went on to Spokane Community College where he studied Electronics Engineering and Computer Science. Eric met his wife Jenette during those years he spent working as a customer service rep for various companies. When he and Jenette had their baby girl in 2002, his eyesight was already diminishing. By 2003, he had lost his sight completely.

Eric was only able to return to working as a customer service rep with the help of the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) and the placement at EnvisonXpress, a company whose policy is to employ and support the blind and severely handicapped. Factoring in transit time, Eric’s average work day is 12 hours long. Maintaining this schedule, while battling chronic fatigue, leaves little ability for Eric to spend time with family and friends.

Eric’s wife and daughter have been his rock in facing his many health challenges. He is also grateful for his online community of friends who lighten the mood and help him forge on the path ahead. With his many supporters who are committed to seeing him though the transplant, Eric eagerly looks forward to returning to a stable health situation where he can take walks and have the ability to venture out with his family and friends. However, he still needs your help.

Transplants are life-saving, but financially draining. Even with insurance, Eric is facing very high expenses including post-transplant medications of up to $1,200 a month, co-pays, lab fees and more. This presents a challenge that Eric and his family cannot meet alone.

To help offset the overwhelming financial burden of Eric’s need of $10,000 to stay on the transplant list, a fundraising campaign in his honor has been established with Help Hope Live, a trusted 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 to the full extent allowed by law, are held by Help Hope Live in the Northwest Kidney Transplant Fund, and are administered by Help Hope Live for transplant-related expenses only. Please consider a contribution.

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Keep an eye on Eric’s campaign page at www.helphopelive.org because we will be planning some fundraising events soon and posting updates regularly.

Eric is one of the kindest people you’d ever hope to meet and he needs our help. Together, we can make a difference. On behalf of Eric and his family, thank you for your prayers, support and generosity.