GoFundMe: Campaign Launched to Help East Hampton Woman Pay Medical Bills

Photo: Kate Mund Medical Fund GoFundMe page

A GoFundMe campaign has be launched to help an East Hampton seamstress diagnosed with ALS who needs money to help with several medical bills.

The goal is to raise about $30,000 for the bills.

So far since the page was started last month, $3,080 has been raised, according to the page.

From GoFundMe:

Kate Mund has lived in East Hampton her whole life. She and her 15 year old son live alone; Kate has been a seamstress for over 25 years. She recently started to lose the use of her hands and legs and on October 9, 2014 she had a herniated disc removed from her neck.

Her surgeon at Stony Brook replaced the missing disc with her bone shavings and inserted a titanium brace in her neck. The surgery was a success and she was sent to a rehabilitation center.

Her recovery, unfortunately, did not go as expected and left Kate unable to use her hands or her feet; she is confined to a wheel chair and a hospital bed and is totally dependent on others for her every need.

Just before Christmas, Kate was re-admitted to Stony Brook Hospital for more tests and intravenous therapy, as autoimmune diseases were suspected.

On Christmas Eve, she was diagnosed by one of her doctors with ALS, and was given a limited time to live and was sent home.

Her sister, Lauren, has generously given up her life and business in Delaware and moved here to take care of Kate. She and Kate are not convinced that the dire diagnosis is correct; because severe tick-borne diseases can be mistaken for ALS and other ailments, Kate is continuing her journey toward recovery with upcoming appointments with her neurologist and with an infectious disease doctor who specializes in tick-borne illnesses.

We are asking those of you who know this wonderful local family to donate as much as you are able to help them through the next four months. These women are in crisis; neither Kate nor Lauren has been able to work and their everyday living is difficult, expensive and stressful.

To read more, or make a donation, visit the GoFundMe page.

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