By writer to www.wandtv.com
SAVOY, Ailing. (WAND) – One girl simply completed her final spherical of chemotherapy, however her journey to restoration remains to be a great distance forward.
50-year-old Karen Sciortino has been scuffling with Main Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), for greater than a 12 months. It is a illness that impacts your liver.
As of Monday, she has simply completed her final spherical of chemotherapy however remains to be ready for a liver donation. Nonetheless, her household is anxious that others might not need to assist on account of COVID-19.
“COVID-19, normally, is making everybody scared to go to the physician, go to the hospital and nobody actually thinks about how some folks cannot go to the hospital. They’re additionally in all probability scared to be a donor..what if I get sick? what if that occurs to me on the hospital?” mentioned her niece, Tara Kuebler
Nonetheless, her household is not letting this pandemic defeat them. They’ve now turned to social media and began sharing her story in efforts to seek out the proper match.
Moreover, even when they cannot discover a match, they need to share Karen’s story in efforts to assist others like her.
“I might additionally use this chance to advertise organ donor month. This implies signing the again of your license to be an organ donor,” mentioned her sister, Cindy Chestnut.
The household says in case your blood kind is A or O to please contact them at 217-649-1025
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