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8/2/2019 Wash and Tashi Fundraiser
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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 &TashiYou 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 provideend-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 thetumor and shortly after the couple 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-compensatedcaregiver. He is not able to be independent
anymore and from the start needed full-time
care. Their insurance does not cover the costsof 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. Kevinreceives 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 hardas 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.