My mother Patricia Potts was born on July 26, 1955. She grew up an Air Force brat. She has 5 children. I am one of them. I am Shawna Lamphere. My mother has been battling stage 4 lymphoma lung cancer and severe Chronic Obstructive pulmonary Disease. She is terminal. As hard as it is to go thru cancer, my mother did not take this journey alone. My little sister Stacy, 33 was diagnosed with cancer as well, on my birthday 2 years ago, also the same day as my aunt Karen's funeral. May She rest in glory. She passed of bone cancer. This Mother and daughter are going thru hell. My mother and baby sister. Good Company is worth at least a thousand times more, even if it is all time spent in the hospital. They have been fighting their own battles, together. My mother is still being treated with ongoing chemo treatments, Stacy hopefully will stay in remission, like our older brother Chris, who is still in remission from his colon cancer at age 19. Recently our mother was hospitalized. She has a spell with pneumonia and was intubated and sedated. In the hospital her doctors called a meeting to discuss quality of life and a timeline for how long would be acceptable to our family for Patti to be on life support. We discussed end of life options for my mom. As well as the realization that the possibility of a treacheotomy was real. And the thoughts and worries of what if surgery was too much for her, and Her body dies. The possibility of loosing her in the process of surgery is too much. Although we will never give up on her, life is finite. There was a possibility that she would never be extubated or taken off life support. While she was hospitalized this last time.. She dug in and Rallied and came out of it. But now she has bills that I can't pay or even,be prepared,for. Like the possiblity that she may need to live in a medical facility home. If it comes to that, as much as it pains me to say she's dying, I want her living back at home, with me. In the house I grew up in with my siblings and my father. My brothers Chris and Eric, and sisters Tere, Stacy. At peace. At rest. That's gonna be a big expense for me. Not to mention all of the simple things such as toiletries, gauze, antibacterials, alcohol wipes . cleansers for household use. Plus her care credit card, propane,bill, electricity, phones, pets, and has to go to and from Weybridge, to Burlington for her cancer treatments. These trips are getting especially hard because my mom needs a portable oxygen concentrator, which her insurance doesnt cover. They only cover oxygen tanks and we are worried that her tanks may run out and she won't be physically strong enough to carry a full one. I also want to get her a wheel chair that is retrofitted with skiis so I can get her down the driveway and to the car for her hospital appointments.Not to mention that if she were to need to be on machines to live I would have them in my home because only 3 nursing homes will admit treach patients in our area and the least expensive is $7000 a month. $50,000 that I am trying to raise on go fund me isn't even one year of medical assisted care living. I thank everyone that prays for us. And, everyone that Volunteers for my cause. I want my mother too be able to pass within the comfort of her families arms, with the quality of life that She's been accustomed to, instead of choosing between medical supplies or food, or heat. We all deserve simple comforts and that is why I'm starting this campaign.