Some of you may not know this about Pam, but she has taken care of members of her family off and on practically her entire adult life.

When her aunt DeDe could no longer care for herself and refused to go to a nursing home; Pam took care of her while raising her son. It wasn’t easy either as Aunt DeDe was elderly with serious health problems, mainly diabetes. Pam cared for Aunt DeDe for 14 years, adminsitering daily injections, bathing, etc.

Pam is also credited with raising the family’s kids. Aunts, Uncles, and cousins alike relied on Pam to take care of their kids during the day. Known as Pam’s kids, everywhere she went her brood followed. Adults now, they’ll tell you growing up they loved going to Pam’s house.

After all of the kids grew up and started school, it would be older family members who would eventually turn to Pam for help. After years of taking care of her aunt and kids with serious health problems, one could see her starting a career as a nurse or somewhere in the healthcare field. However she was needed closer to home. When her grandfather fell ill from Emphysema, she cared for his at his house until his death.

Before her 50th birthday she would go on to care for a host of aunts and uncles and her own mother. In each case Pam cared for them like family with skills of a professional. Taking care of other people obviously cames natural to Pam. The day has come where it’s her turn to be taken care of.

For the better part of her life, Pam has been basically healthy as can be expected for someone of her age and lifestyle, that is until she received some devastating news. While she knew there was a chance she could inherited the disease it didn’t rear its head until her early 40’s. The aunt she cared for had it, her grandmother had and now she has it too. Pam was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis which can be very painful and causes joints to become inflamed and deformed.

While Pam is determined not to let her RA hold her back, it’s done a number on her body in such a short period of time. While she is still the spirited and opinionated women we all know and love, its changed her just a little. So now combined with the intense pain and deterioration of her joints it came to a point where she would need her surgery.

You know it takes some severe arm twisting to get her on the inside of a hospital as a patient; however she realized that she had run out of options. She had a spinal lumbar fusion where the surgeon basically drilled a few screws into get bones to stabilize spine. The surgery was a partial success.

Her RA is moderate to severe, meaning she has more bad days than good. Recently she's been battling chronic bronchitis. She's been hospitalized twice this year because low blood oxygen. She has an oxygen machine and spare tanks as well as a nebulizer to use as needed.

This is where your support comes in, in between her last hospitalization her son lost his job. They have gone through all of their savings and are now on the verge of becoming homeless. They need close to $1000 to go with what they have to settle all of the late fees etc. I’ve put this page up for her friends and family to donate what you can. She’s always been the person you can count on when time were tough. Please help Pam stay in her home.