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Donate today through Fundly: http://fundly.com/TheCommuneCares WHAT WILL YOUR DONATION COVER: TASHI WILL BE FREE TO USE THIS MONEY HOWEVER SHE FITS. WE HOPE TO RAISE ENOUGH TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THINGS LIKE RENT, MEDICAL BILLS, AND MEMORIAL COSTS. Wash & Tashi You are receiving this letter as someone who might be willing to make a donation to cover some of the existing and upcoming expenses facing a young couple in Arizona who have been dealing with the effects of terminal brain cancer since 2009. Donate to provide end-of-life care. This excerpt comes from a letter that was shared with Arizona’s state representatives after Wash’s hospice care was denied: Kevin and Tashi married in the spring of 2009- and within weeks Kevin was sick from an un- diagnosed brain tumor. On Tashi's 23rd birth- day Kevin had a grand-mal seizure and his tumor was finally discovered at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. His tumor was 9cm—almost as large as a new- born's head. It took two surgeries to remove the tumor and shortly after the c ouple found out it was malignant and terminal. Kevin was just 25 years old. For the past two plus years Tashi has been working full-time as Kevin's non-compensated caregiver. He is not able to be independent anymore and from the start needed full-time care. Their insurance does not cover the costs of full-time care, so Tashi has been working literally a 24 hour, 7 day a week job caring for him. She does not bring in any income. Kevin receives a small monthly stipend from Disabil- ity; it does not begin to cover his real medical costs. The "Life expectancy" for Kevin's cancer (Glioblastoma Multiforme) is 9-12 months-with treatment. He's at month 27 now. Brain cancer has several predictable side ef- fects; seizures are common, depression, memory loss, aphasia, blindness, weakness, and severe fatigue. Kevin has all of them. As hard as he has been fighting to live the last two years, he is degrading. The level of care he needs is more than one person can take on around the clock. In January of 2012 Kevin applied for Hospice Care. Wash and Tashi in the news: To learn more about Wash and Tashi’s story, you can read: • Tashi’s blog: www.washandtashi.blogspot.com • The Consumerist.com: search for “Wash and Tashi” • Think Geek blog: http://www.thinkgeek.com/blog/2012/01/geeks-helping-geeks-helping-br.html • Phoenix New Times article: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2010-08-05/news/til-death-do-us- part-they-got-married-then-everything-changed/ WHO IS RAISING THIS MONEY: WE ARE A GROUP OF TASHI’S IN-PERSON AND INTERNET FRIENDS WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THEIR STORY SINCE BEFORE WASH’S DIAGNOSIS.
