A young, unmarried mother of two young children in Utah was diagnosed with terminal cancer and doctors told her she had three months to live.
Erica Diarte-Carr, 33, is currently planning her funeral and raising money to leave a trust fund for her children, Jeremiah, 7, and Aaliyah, 5. There is.
Diarte Carr was at the hospital in May 2022 for treatment for a shoulder injury when she learned she had stage 4 small cell lung cancer, a rare cancer, she said on her GoFundMe page. I wrote this. Doctors told her that she had multiple tumors that had spread to other parts of her body, including her skeletal system, and that they had located the tumor that was causing her shoulder pain. .
The woman started treatment for cancer before being told more devastating news in January, when she was diagnosed with cancer caused by an excess of the stress hormone cortisol, which caused weight gain, muscle weakness and euphoria. He was diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome, which includes symptoms such as: blood pressure.
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Erica Diarte Carr, 33, and her children: Jeremiah, 7, and Aaliyah, 5. (GoFundMe)
She said Cushing caused several other underlying health problems, including rapid weight gain, swelling, muscle and bone deterioration, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.
According to the National Institutes of Health, Cushing’s disease is extremely rare, with only about 40 to 70 people per million people having Cushing’s disease.
After her diagnosis, she continued to work full-time and only took time off two months ago for surgeries, biopsies, appointments, radiation and chemotherapy treatments. However, due to deteriorating health, he was ultimately unable to work and has now been out of work for several months.
Diarte Carr said she saw an oncologist on September 18 and was told that treatment was not working and that she had three months to live. She then decided to stop treatment and spend the rest of her time with her children.
Diarte Carr went to the hospital in May 2022 for treatment for a shoulder injury, but was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung cancer. (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Knutson)
“I was given 3 months to live. 3 months to spend with my baby and my loved ones,” she wrote on the GoFundMe page. “Three months to make the most of the time I have left. Over the next couple of months, I have to make sure the kids are okay after I’m gone. now faces the most difficult task: planning his own funeral.”
Since he has not been able to work for the past few months, he has no savings or life insurance.
“We looked at the costs and we need to raise about $5,000 to make sure the funeral costs are covered, plus we want to leave something for the baby,” she said.
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Diarte-Carr was given three months to live on September 18th. (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Knutson)
The GoFundMe page was created shortly after Diarte-Carr learned of her diagnosis when she was just 30 years old. She has far exceeded her $5,000 goal and would like to leave the rest in a trust fund for her children.
As of Monday morning, the GoFundMe page had raised more than $1 million.
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“All funds beyond my funeral expenses will be placed in a trust fund for my baby,” Diarte Carr wrote. “That way I can leave them something and ensure they’re okay as they grow up.”
“They are the everything, the light, the soul of my life. My children are my fight and the driving force that keeps me going,” she said.
