Please keep Amanda and the Starfish babies in your prayers. We just got another update. They are trying to send Amanda to the U.S. or Europe so she can get the best medical attention as soon as possible. It sounds like she has stage 4 lung cancer which has already reached her skin. She needs medical attention really soon. Please keep her in your prayers. This amazing woman has saved so many babies in the last 7 years and we hope that we can get the medical assistance that she needs.
When I planned my trip I never expected something like this to come up. They really need all the help they can get at Starfish right now. It makes me wish I could stay there longer than a month. These past few days have been crazy.
On a happier note, we were able to fit most of the many donations in our baggage and are going to try again later this week with some vacuum packing.
A big thank you to everyone that has helped by bringing over clothes and baby supplies and for the prayers in Amanda's behalf.
Here is the message they sent out:
Dear Starfish Friends and Family,
As you know, our Executive Director and beloved friend Amanda has cancer, and is in great need of immediate, top quality medical care.
We need to get her to a modern facility /hospital in the United States or Europe as soon as possible.
We are urgently asking each of you for a very specific kind of help. If you or someone you know has contact with a top senior level administrator at a quality cancer center, please let us know immediately. We need to know if they would be willing to let Amanda come and receive the complicated care she needs – pro bono - as their way of helping a person who has given the past 7 years of her life saving hundreds of babies through donated, medical care. Perhaps they would be willing to now do the same for her. This can only be the very highest level of hospital contact – we are short on time and need answers immediately.
If you, or someone you know, has this kind of highest level connection to a top cancer care center, please contact Patrick McLaughlin as soon as possible, at:
Patrick
917-494-7691 or paddymac0130@gmail.com --any time of the day or night -- time is of the essence.
Sincere thanks,
Patrick and the Starfish Board
As you know, our Executive Director and beloved friend Amanda has cancer, and is in great need of immediate, top quality medical care.
We need to get her to a modern facility /hospital in the United States or Europe as soon as possible.
We are urgently asking each of you for a very specific kind of help. If you or someone you know has contact with a top senior level administrator at a quality cancer center, please let us know immediately. We need to know if they would be willing to let Amanda come and receive the complicated care she needs – pro bono - as their way of helping a person who has given the past 7 years of her life saving hundreds of babies through donated, medical care. Perhaps they would be willing to now do the same for her. This can only be the very highest level of hospital contact – we are short on time and need answers immediately.
If you, or someone you know, has this kind of highest level connection to a top cancer care center, please contact Patrick McLaughlin as soon as possible, at:
Patrick
917-494-7691 or paddymac0130@gmail.com --any time of the day or night -- time is of the essence.
Sincere thanks,
Patrick and the Starfish Board
Stage 4 lung cancer? Oh no! I will definitely keep her in my prayers Rachel. It's a good thing that you and your Grandma are gonna be there to help out especially now, when they need your help more than ever.
ReplyDeleteIt's not actually lung cancer, but it has spread to her lungs. They're hoping to get her started on some chemo on Friday. It looks like she'll be coming to the U.S. right after I get there.
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