Financial support to fight MS

Most of you don’t know Marié-Lize Welters, but I met her as a shy 11 year old child in 1997 at youth group. Fast-forward 22 years and a married woman, wife and mom of two young kids, and small business owner starts to feel the tingling in her hands and feet, that would over the next few years progress causing loss of feeling in her hands and feet, eventually leading to a diagnosis and the reality of living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). It's a difficult day to day life with lots of obstacles.

MS is a disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord, an autoimmune inflammatory disease affecting the central nervous system. The immune system attacks its tissue. It attacks the protective sheath that covers the nerve fibers, causing communication issues between the brain and the rest of the body.

The official MS diagnoses came after a 3 years struggle with the undiagnosed symptoms of MS. Things we all take for granted like using our hands and walking, became a struggle over the course of 3 years.

I’m starting this page to help Marie-Lize with the cost of a much-needed caregiver, physio and meds. At the moment she has none of that. Funds simply aren't available.  She’s home alone all day as her husband works to earn their only income and their 2 young kids are at school. She is bound to a wheelchair and can’t shower, wash her hair, go to the bathroom, prepare food, eat by herself or do any daily tasks or chores. She is in real urgent need of MS medication, physio and a care giver.

Giving to this will help Marie-Lize’s situation. Every little bit will make a positive difference, helping a mother who is battling through the daily impact of multiple sclerosis.