a signal boost

[starspray]

So my cousin Alanna has been dealing with her own health issues for at least the past year; she went into surgery for a fatty tumor growing around her spinal cord, and came out of that still with the tumor but also with paralysis from her armpits down. She's in a lot of pain, but the worst part is that her current apartment is not at all accessible, and that means she has a very hard time getting to her necessary appointments, and is bedbound most of the time.

She and her family are hoping to remedy this by renovating a small apartment that's attached to Alanna's sister Natalie's house; it's very small and in very rough shape, and they're hoping to renovate it to make it accessible and to add a bathroom and pair of bedrooms on the ground floor, so Alanna can live there with her two kids and be able to actually live in her space--and also Natalie and her family are right there to help out.

They have a GoFundMe set up, in addition to some other fundraising efforts. So if anyone has a few bucks to spare, that would be much appreciated; and if you donate and want to drop a comment with a request/prompt, I'll write you a ficlet.

Comments

[chestnut_pod]

Thanks for the heads-up; I've gone and given a chai. Do you know of Radio Free Monday, run by copperbadge? That can be a good place to spread fundraisers through fandom networks.

[narya_flame]

Donated <3 very best wishes to them, I hope the fundraiser does what they need it to and they can make her a lovely apartment.

[anerea]

Ai! I'm so sorry to hear about your cousin! Does she (or you) have PayPal? (International credit card transactions are hellishly expensive from here, but I have some funds in my paypal account.)