The family of 19 year-old Shayna Lightfoot is pleading to the public for assistance to help pay her medical bills.
Lightfoot was recently diagnosed with cancer, and her family had to take her to Merida to receive her treatment.
An unknown complication arose, and now the family can't pay the bill because they only budgeted for the cancer treatment. The hospital is now refusing to let her leave until that bill is paid.
Her mother asked for help to get her home in time for her 20th birthday, which is just a few days away.
Era Lightfoot - Mother of Cancer Patient
"We found out at the end of April that she has cancer, and so, from then we were going to Merida for treatment. But on June 21, when she went for her chemotherapy, she got sick and worse. They had to admit her to the hospital, Clinica De Merida. Now, she is okay, and she is ready to come home, but we don't have the money to pay the hospital bill. And they don't want her to come out of the hospital without paying the bill. We don't have any money, so we're asking the public - anybody - to please see how they could help us, maybe the Government - somebody who can may be call the hospital. We don't have any problem paying the bill. We just want them to give us a certain time to pay it. We can go back because she still has to go there for her chemotherapy. So, we just want them to find a way to let her come home, and let us work on paying the bill piece by piece."
Anyone who would like to help can contact Era Lightfoot at telephone number, 636-1636.
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