I apologize for writing and not being here to tend to this diary for now. I'm at Duke Hospital today undergoing tests to replace a brain shunt and to take another look at removing a rat-bastard tumor. I'll be back shortly ... but tonight before I go, I am writing on behalf of MsWings, a longtime Kossack and IGTNT diariest who needs us. I promise to be back soon.
A few months ago, I wrote a diary for MsWings, who has trouble typing because of lingering paralysis following a serious stroke and a series of transient ischemic attacks (TIA, or mini-strokes) earlier in 2012. Things were very desperate then -- all this despite her nothing-short-of-heroic efforts at rehabilitation post-stroke.
The outpouring of love and assistance and care and support for MsWings made a huge difference in her life and has given her hope.
But sometimes in life we have to push that stone up the hill more than once, and this is one of these times. MsWings herself is facing eviction today. She lost her insurance just a matter of days ago, not even a week before hospitalization for severe hypokalemia and other issues related to her heart and pulmonary issues.
In August, we opened our hearts and wallets, and that helped more than most of us will ever know. She needs a few hundred dollars more right now.
Will you open your hearts once more? Please?
Please, if you can chip in just a few bucks to PayPal, her email account is MsWings153{at}gmail{dot}com. We know she won't be able to stave off today's eviction hearing, but a promise to her landlord that funds are coming and a few weeks' worth of health insurance will make a difference.
