My name is HD Kaplan, I'm a 29 year old single mother of 2 sons (ages 8 and 2) and I am dying. I need to raise money to help pay for my stomach, liver and intestinal transplant surgery.

I wanted to have lapband surgery & the surgeon talked me into the Gastric Sleeve & RNY because Medicaid is the only insurance that will cover the more costly surgery. Medicaid/Medicare people are the lab rats: The more positive surgeries, the quicker it isn't FDA experimental & mainstream insurance companies will approve them. This is the part of this booming business (it is a business & the surgeons see you as a number, not a human being) & I want to expose this to the public once I am healthy enough after my transplant.

I'll be 30 on Aug 25th & it'll be a great thing if I get to see it but I pray to live thru the New Year Holiday. (I've been told it would be Gods Will if I do make it that long.) I have found a few Doctors (overseas & in the US/Canada) that can do this type of transplant so I'm trying to raise the money so I can have this done but short of that, this is a certain death. My mother has had to quit her job, I am clearly unable to work and I am unable to have my 8 year old son full time because I don't want him to be distracted from his studies.

I have several people asking how they can help or what can they do. I have friends looking to do a BBQ dinner, fish fry or spaghetti dinner for $5.00 a plate. Some are donating their time for auction. Some just want to donate money. Its up to you and how you think you can help. Thank you for taking the time and your help-- every bit counts.