Support the Marr Family

Deb Marr has been a nurse for 25 years. She worked oncology for most of that time in addition to working at the medical school in nurse triage. Three years ago, unexplained symptoms arose. Her husband of 17 years, Bernie, and she have spent well over $100,000 in blood draws, MRIs, CTs, liver biopsies and scopes only to remain as baffled as the source of the problem. Physicians and unable to find diagnose anything, calling it cryptogenic. The hospital where she worked told her (while she was essentially drowning in 40+ lbs of excess fluid) that admitting her was above their pay grade.
Finally referred to University of Michigan, the only local hepatologist near her home! She was admitted at U of M and given an answer: after idiopathic sepsis, she is in complete liver failure. She retired from her full-time job at the hospital and started a full-time job at the med school (had to wait 3 months until insurance> started) and saw the hepatologist to be told she needs a new liver due to portal hypertension and hyperdynamic circulatory syndrome, ascites, and idiopathic cirrhosis of the liver. She is the breadwinner and is keeping positive, but she needs insurance so she is still working from home. The swelling doesn’t enable her to do much else.
Recently, she was given the amazing news: she was placed on the transplant list, sadly acknowledging that someone else’s tragedy is her chance at life. We (Deb’s coworkers and friends) are working to raise money to help support her with her medical costs, weekly blood draws, medication, mortgage (the things insurance won’t cover). Post-transplant, they have to stay near the hospital for follow up for 2 weeks. As a nurse, you never think you will be on this since you are always the caretaker.
This is our chance to give back to someone who has given so much to others and we need your help.
Please donate anything you can to help this amazing nurse get her much needed a chance at survival. Every little bit helps!
Finally referred to University of Michigan, the only local hepatologist near her home! She was admitted at U of M and given an answer: after idiopathic sepsis, she is in complete liver failure. She retired from her full-time job at the hospital and started a full-time job at the med school (had to wait 3 months until insurance> started) and saw the hepatologist to be told she needs a new liver due to portal hypertension and hyperdynamic circulatory syndrome, ascites, and idiopathic cirrhosis of the liver. She is the breadwinner and is keeping positive, but she needs insurance so she is still working from home. The swelling doesn’t enable her to do much else.
Recently, she was given the amazing news: she was placed on the transplant list, sadly acknowledging that someone else’s tragedy is her chance at life. We (Deb’s coworkers and friends) are working to raise money to help support her with her medical costs, weekly blood draws, medication, mortgage (the things insurance won’t cover). Post-transplant, they have to stay near the hospital for follow up for 2 weeks. As a nurse, you never think you will be on this since you are always the caretaker.
This is our chance to give back to someone who has given so much to others and we need your help.
Please donate anything you can to help this amazing nurse get her much needed a chance at survival. Every little bit helps!
Goal: $10,000
Total Raised: $5,510
Total Raised: $5,510