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WILL YOUR DONATION COVER:

TASHI

WILL BE FREE TO USE THIS MONEY HOWEVER SHE FITS. W E HOPE TO RAISE ENOUGH TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THINGS LIKE RENT , MEDICAL BILLS, AND MEMORIAL COSTS.

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GROUP OF T ASHI S IN -PERSON AND INTERNET FRIENDS WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THEIR STORY SINCE BEFORE W ASH S DIAGNOSIS.

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.

WashTashi &

Donate to provide end-of-life care.

This excerpt comes from a letter that was shared with Arizonas state representatives after Washs hospice care was denied: Kevin and Tashi married in the spring of 2009and within weeks Kevin was sick from an undiagnosed brain tumor. On Tashi's 23rd birthday Kevin had a grand-mal seizure and his tumor was finally discovered at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. His tumor was 9cmalmost as large as a newborn's head. It took two surgeries to remove the tumor 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-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 Disability; 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 effects; 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 Tashis story, you can read: Tashis 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-uspart-they-got-married-then-everything-changed/