Late last week, the doctor in Dallas called and said he had re-evaluated her situation and felt that she was in a good position to go through these tests. He also felt that they would really help the doctor at Johns Hopkins make any decisions. This is good news because she knows these tests are necessary and doing them now means answers will come more quickly.
On Wednesday she will be getting an endoscopy. This is obviously a fairly invasive test, but one the doctors consider necessary in order to determine her next steps. Then the next day they plan to do a test that involves her swallowing a pill camera that sends real time data to the doctor while she is in the area. Once it's over she will meet with the Dallas doctor one more time to go over the results and he plans to reach out to the Johns Hopkins doctor at that time too. All of Lauren's doctors say that they will follow the guidelines of whatever they decide at Johns Hopkins.
Due to all of this, she will be staying with relatives in Dallas over the next couple of weeks. Her husband and son can't stay with her the whole time because her son is still in school and her husband is saving time off for when they have to go to the East Coast.
Lauren is facing all of this with strength, but she is very nervous about the tests and then about her pending visit to Baltimore as it gets closer. She desperately wants to find a treatment, but it is still pretty scary to go through all of this.
In the meantime, both she and the Lunsford family have been mourning the loss of one of Gary's brothers that past away a couple of weeks ago. It's been a rough time.
With all this in mind, I'd like to ask that you reach out to her however you can - Facebook messages, emails, letters, phone calls, texts, whatever. It will help her to know that people are thinking of her and sending love and prayers. If you'd like to reach out to her and don't know the best way, send an email to helplaurenheredia@gmail.com and we can send it on to her or let you know of a different way, if you prefer.
Again, we want to thank you all for your continued thoughts, prayers, and notes. And thank you again for all the donations. They really have helped ease some of her stress.
If you still want to contribute or want to share this so others can, the ways to contribute are below. The funds go to paying hospital bills, travel bills, and their regular bills while her husband takes time off to be with her.
We appreciate all of you for taking the time to read and share this. All of the support has been so wonderful. We have all been so blown away by the kindness and love.
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Ways to contribute:
You can click the button below to contribute to a Pay Pal account that is linked directly to the Benefit Account for Lauren Heredia. Lauren herself does not have access to this account, so it is anonymous to her and the funds are transferred to her bank account. If anyone wants proof of their donation, please email helplaurenheredia@gmail.com (this is not a tax-deductible donation).
You can also send checks made payable to Lauren or Fabian Heredia to:
Lauren & Fabian Heredia
PO Box 942
Carlsbad, New Mexico
88221
This goes directly to them. And you can go into any Wells Fargo location and ask to make a deposit into the Benefit Account for Lauren Heredia . It may be necessary to tell the teller the account was opened in New Mexico.
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