Late last month, I wrote about Kat Ainsworth Stevens.
She's a friend and occasional member of the North Texas Troublemakers, and an active gun writer - you've probably read articles by her if you read gun mags or several well-known Internet sites. When last I wrote about her, she was facing imminent surgery for breast cancer, and since she's a free-lancer, she doesn't have medical insurance to help.
She's had her surgery, which was massive - double mastectomy, every lymph gland in sight, all that sort of thing. She's recovering from it at present, and is facing both radiation and chemotherapy to knock down any remaining traces of the cancer. To make matters worse, her four-year-old son developed some sort of intestinal disorder that required him to be hospitalized as well: but Kat can't visit him much, because her wounds are still draining and the risk of infection is simply too great. That's a very tough row to hoe.
Kat's received her first bill from the hospital. It's well into the five-figure bracket, and it won't be the last, either, what with chemical and radiological therapy still to come. Her friends have therefore organized a raffle for a Foxtrot Mike Ranch Rifle (description at link).
The one on offer in the raffle has been upgraded even further, making it a very desirable firearm. Click the link to see it in more detail, with more and larger images, and enter for the raffle. Any donation up to $100, no matter how small, gets one ticket, and multiple tickets are given for larger donations - details at the link.
Kat's good people, and deserves our help. Please donate whatever you can afford, either to the raffle, or (if you prefer) to the original GiveSendGo fundraiser, which is still in operation.
Thanks, friends.
Peter

3 comments:
Peter, perhaps make it so this post remains at the top of your page until June 28.
She should claim to be an illegal alien, then it wouldn't cost her a dime!
Just an idea of the cost of medical care and running naked with out insurance can be lethal. To wit my charges for lymphoma surgery and chemo so far:
removal of softball size tumor in deep pelvis with attendant structures, $177,000 plus $10,000 assorted specialist bills.
Chemo, $105,000 for each of 6 treatments grand total $630,000.
Now I luckily am on Medicare and they have negotiatied prices down to $132,000 for the chemo and $30,000 for the surgery. My out lays will total about $10,000 and the Gov't will pay about $200,000 when this is all said and done.
I don't feel bad as the amount of Medicare insurance I paid in during my working career equaled my IRA contributions. As a yard stick that IRA is well into 7 figures so I have still not recouped my contributions.
Spin Drift
P.S. Get well Kat and soldier on.
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