Help me get out of Debt and find a cure for cancer.

This web page is two fold. Lets start with the heartbreaking part. 

Kristen Marie is a bright, smart, funny beautiful young lady. Last Spring she graduated from Western Illinois University with top honors, and 4.0 grade point average. Hoping to go to Seattle for her Masters in Sociology, Kristen headed home to work for the summer and save a little money. A nagging hip pain egged her on to go to the doctor before her college supplied health benefits ran out. It was not a broken bone, or a dislocated hip joint.

It was bone cancer.

Kristens mother being a nurse, knew the ramifications of what would happen to her daughter. Kristen started chemo right away. Knowing she would lose her hair anyway, Kristen cut her waist length long blonde hair and donated it to Locks of Love.

Chemo has not worked, radiation has not worked. Kristen has been given 6 months to 5 years to live. In an effort to prolong her life, she had her leg removed this past January.

Kristen is currently on state medical help, which will not allow her to accept donations. Her medical bills will out live her.

Her family cannot even do fund raisers for her. No medical carrier will pick her up.

As her Aunt, there is so little i can do for her. My daughter was born a week after Kristen lost her leg, and we named our little girl Payton Kristen-Marie after her. The only other thing we can do is pray. Pray and hope for a cure. 

Now, the second part of this story will make you mad- as in lady, you are an idiot.

I am 134,598 in debt.

 And that debt is all credit card my friend.  That doesnt even include my car, my equity loan I took out last year, or my monthly bills such as the phone or food. Its all for credit cards. And I cant pay my bills any more.

It started when I was getting married. Everyone wants the perfect wedding, and I was no different. I got an advance to pay for the hall, an advance to pay for the flowers, everything. The money we got as gifts did pay back part of it, but not all. Instead of paying the debt down, I played the lets transfer game. I would get new cards and transfer the debt over. But then I would charge up the now empty cards. Clothes, food, things for our new house. Then I got pregnant. My company only paid so much for my leave, and the rest was unpaid. I took out advances so I could stay home with my son until he was 10 weeks old. Really not that long, but the debt kept going up. Thinking I could get out of it, I got a home equity loan. Nope, I just charged the cards again. DUH. Then I got pregnant again. This time, I was on bed rest from the time I was 16 weeks pregnant. Again, no cash coming in, so I hit the cards for cash advances.

Viola, here I am working full time and not having a dime, not even a penny left over after every paycheck to even buy food. I dont want to do bankruptcy, I am doing my best to pay them every month. Heck, I even have part time jobs to try and pay them off, but it isnt happening.

I need help.

So here is where you come in.

Donate $2 to my paypal.com account, and I will send $1 to cancer research, and $1 to my credit cards.  How will you know I do it? I will post all donations here, and keep a monthly total of what has been sent.  Why am I asking for help? I really have no where else to turn. I work 40 hours at my full time job, I work 10-15 at a part time job. I have two kids. My husband does not even know about it. Sure, I could tell him, and have him leave me. We love each other, but finances just arent something we talk about.

How do you know I will use it to pay off the cards? Again, I plan to post all monthly results here, and I have closed all the accounts.   Can you imagine donating 134,000+ to charity? I need to reach over 134,000 people to reach that goal. Its daunting, but I look at it as if I have nothing to lose.

Kristen has everything to lose.

What if your dollar made that difference?  Don't believe I have a niece with bone cancer? We will be adding photos to the site soon. Kristen has yet to meet our daughter, and when she does, there will be a lot of photos being taken.

So please, if you have an extra $2.00 in your pocket, click the link below and help me save myself, and maybe save Kristen.