Help Kira Receive Life-Saving Lyme Treatment in Germany
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Help Kira Receive Life-Saving Lyme Treatment in Germany
Kira is fighting for her life—and she needs our help.
Our courageous and determined daughter, Kira, is battling late-stage chronic Lyme disease and multiple co-infections that have ravaged her nervous system and body. Kira was bitten by an infected tick at the age of three and, due to false negative lab results, her symptoms went undiagnosed and untreated for 15 years.
If Lyme is not diagnosed or treated in its early stages, it transitions to a chronic, highly problematic, late-stage disease, and symptoms increase in their severity.
Kira is now in this late stage, and her neurological Lyme disease has caused severe negative physical and emotional impacts, including:
• infection/inflammation in the joints, internal organs, and heart (causing cardiopulmonary problems)
• infection/inflammation in the nervous system (causing nerve pain, mobility issues, with potential for paralysis and meningitis if untreated)
• severe cognitive decline, loss of executive function, and depressive episodes
• debilitating pain and profound chronic fatigue
Once Upon a Time
Our 33-year-old daughter, Kira, started life with Shirley Temple-like blonde curls and a zest for life. Fearless, curious, and energetic, she was determined to be a gymnast like those she saw on TV. For nine years, she excelled under the tutelage of Russian gymnastics coaches, learning the importance of hard work, grit, and determination. She grew into a woman who loved learning and channeled these disciplines into her academic pursuits. A student of philosophy and theology, she was captivated and deeply compelled by the works of great minds like Soren Kierkegaard, G.K. Chesterton, and C.S. Lewis.
She enjoys writing poetry and song lyrics, playing guitar, and spending time with her family and friends. She dreams of running a half-marathon and walking the Camino de Santiago with her brother. Above all else, she lives her life anchored in a deep love for the Lord.
Today
Despite visits to countless doctors, years of incomplete treatment, and incredible perseverance, Kira lives every day with intense debilitating joint, bone, muscle, and nerve pain, worsening mobility challenges, extreme fatigue, and profound cognitive decline. In her words, “maintaining hope feels like psychological warfare that drains her body, mind, and soul.” And yet, she continues to fight, fueled by faith and the belief that healing is possible.
Promising treatment brings hope.
Kira has the opportunity to undergo specialized treatment at the world-renowned St. Georg Klinik (hospital) in Germany—a place where many late-stage Lyme patients have found complete healing after exhausting every other option. This six-week treatment program uses unique, cutting-edge therapies unavailable in the U.S.
The cost is overwhelming for Kira, but achievable with your generosity!
The total needed for treatment, travel, hospital accommodation, and two months of aftercare is 92,000. Kira battles a disease that has stolen her health, strength, and livelihood. She is unable to afford this treatment on her own.
For treatment to occur, the entire amount is needed upfront. It is self-pay. Her state-based health insurance does not cover treatment for Lyme disease. For this reason, her family and friends created this GoFundMe page. (Please see below for specifics on the unique treatment protocol and related costs.)
Time is of the essence. Kira’s worsening health and the Klinik’s June/July openings make this a time-sensitive request.
How you can help:
• Donate monetarily to help Kira access this life-saving care.
• Donate air miles or access to corporate or private charter flights.
• Share this campaign widely with your family, friends, and community. Hope grows when a burden is shared.
• Pray for Kira’s healing, strength, and perseverance, and for the miracle of raising adequate funds for her life-saving treatment.
Every gift, large or small, every share, and every prayer brings Kira one step closer to a future free from suffering. Any amount will help.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for standing with our beloved daughter in this fight. Let’s help Kira reclaim her health and livelihood and give her a future.
Detailed List of Treatment and Related Costs
• Treatments and costs described here:
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• For more information on the St. Georg Klinik, please go to https://www.klinik-st-georg.de/en/
• Detailed budget of all items may be found here:
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Organizers :
Co-organized
Darci Nelson and Daniel Nelson are organizing this fundraiser.