Kimberly has osteonecrosis (death) of the jawbone.
This is life threatening.

It is a condition in which the jawbone disintegrates. This can lead to the jawbone poking through the gums and more bone death due to a lack of blood flow to the exposed area. These changes can eventually result in the collapse and destruction of the bone structure and spread to other parts of the body. (That is starting to happen now.)

Without dental intervention, the fatigue and bone pain throughout her whole body will increase. Eventually, activities like speaking and eating will become more challenging (and more difficult and expensive to treat; Google zygomatic implant!).

We need to raise $20,000 by December 16th for dental surgery and post-op care. Given that she is uninsured for this condition due to insufficiency with our dental, medical, and insurance paradigm in the US, she has no choice but to ask for the kindness of strangers.

For donation options and an accounting summary, please click here.

If you’re unable to donate, please consider sharing this campaign with your social network and/or the news media to create a timely feature story.

The more people who know about Kimberly’s story, the closer and faster she can get to her goal, so she can focus on healing and spend less time on public outreach.

However, inspite of bone crushing fatigue, meeting new people has been an incredible delight so far.  Hearing other people’s stories and witnessing them is an enriching experience.

Thank you for visiting!

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