Joshua Caleb Sarchet

Joshua, a Pittsburgh native, has been teaching music lessons since he was in middle school. After receiving his degree in Music Education, he settled into teaching music to elementary students in Rochester, New York. For the past 5 years, he has brought the joy of music to more than 600 students. During his third year of his most recent position, a nagging cough sent him to the doctor. After months and months of testing and treatments, Joshua was finally diagnosed: pulmonary hypertension, polymitosis and Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

While two of the conditions are now manageable through medication, the Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis progresses quickly and scars the lungs in a way that does not allow oxygen into the blood very well. Through his rapidly declining health, he continued to share his love of guitar, djembe, and singing with his students and playing with the worship team at his church. In January 2020, Josh was evaluated at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA. The doctors agree that his best chance for survival at this point is a lung transplant. Following the evaluation, Josh’s health has declined to where he is no longer able to teach. He hopes to beat this illness quickly and return to sharing music in Rochester.

Joshua is fortunate to be insured and some of the costs for the procedure will be covered. However, because of the extensive nature of the surgery, Josh and his wife Laura will have to temporarily relocate to Pittsburgh to be near the medical team overseeing his recovery- one of many costs that are not covered by insurance. Other anticipated costs include co-pays for life long medications and expenses related to his rehabilitation after the procedure. With that in mind, family and friends of Joshua Sarchet are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to cover these uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.

Joshua has chosen to fundraise for Help Hope Live in part because Help Hope Live assures fiscal accountability of funds raised and tax deductibility for contributors. Contributors can be sure donations will be used to pay or reimburse medical and related expenses.

For more information, please contact Help Hope Live at 800.642.8399.

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