Narvia spent her life generously giving her time to empower women through teaching dance classes and performing, volunteering at the National Park Service farm, and taught children theatre giving them confidence in themselves. She loved crafting: knitting, crocheting, and felting. She was active, loving to go axe throwing, working out, fishing and bowling and was just starting to learn Pickleball when cancer took her mobility.
In the early summer of 2024, Narvia was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma—a non-curable cancer that caused the inability to walk, a warped sternum and two slipped discs. After a month in the hospital and receiving 10 radiation treatment, Narvia was able to stand with support but still could not walk or put her arms together. After two and a half weeks in rehab, she was able to walk on a walker and began cancer treatment. Because of the chemo treatment medication, she experienced neuropathy, blood clots and pneumonia in November and spent another two weeks in the hospital, leaving using an oxygen machine.
Slowly but determined, Narvia was able to leave the oxygen machine behind but still was using a walker. It took another seven months before she could walk unassisted very slowly and not for long. It was at this time her Oncologist informed her that all the active things that brought her joy, she would no longer be able to do. But she believes in the miracle of God’s blessings and remains hopeful and positive. “This too shall pass.”
During this time of the fight, the insurance company turned her down for short term disability payments and incurred a lot of debt trying to maintain her home. Because of neuropathy causing the inability to walk well and the knowledge that the Multiple Myeloma will return, Narvia needs some changes to her bathrooms that will allow her to stay in her home. This is where she humbly requests your support. Your generous donations will go to making her home accessible and pay medical bills. We pray that you can help her get back to giving back to others and living life to the fullest.
THANK YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS YOU.