Marcie Barton

Marcie is a loving mother, and wife, and has a strong love for animals. Her two sons, daughter and husband love spending time with her riding horses in the mountains around Cody Wyoming. Marcie has worked as a para-educator with special needs children in the past 8 years, which has allowed her to provide assistance to struggling students. Her life changed when she was hospitalized because she had pneumonia.

In 2019, after a long process Marcie was diagnosed with interstitial lung disease. In 2021, Marcie’s condition deteriorated. She visited a specialist at the University of Utah and learned that her lungs had been damaged, irreversibly. The specialist was also worried because Marcie’s weight was decreasing rapidly. She had a second condition called “Small Airway Disease” that makes it even harder to breathe. Combining these factors made the disease life threatening. As a temporary treatment, Marcie was prescribed other medications and oxygen to help her breathe, however, the only cure for her condition is a lung transplant.

Marcie recently met with a transplant team and learned that she will need to move within an hour of Salt Lake City, once she is put on the transplant list. Once the transplant is complete she will need to stay in Salt Lake for at least 6 months and will require 24/7 care provided by family members. The move to Salt Lake City means she will need to take a leave of absence from work and have to begin paying her insurance. The medication, appointments, treatments and informational classes that will help her through this process are a true financial burden.

We are asking for your help to raise money for Marcie and her family so she can focus on healing and spending time with those she loves during this difficult time.
Family and friends of Marcie Barton are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.

Marcie 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. 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!