GoFundMe created for family of Yuma woman battling pancreatic cancer
Madeline Murray
YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. (KYMA) – A local mother was placed in hospice care last week after battling pancreatic cancer for three years.
Amy Tutell was told ten days ago by her doctors that there was nothing else they could do and that she should chose quality over quantity.
Katrina Cushner, Tutell’s close friends says, “Amy is handling it like she’s handled the last three years, with grace, and she’s never complained.”
Both Tutell and her husband, Seth, were born and raised in Yuma and together they have two teenage boys.
Three years ago, Tutell was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has gone through many procedures and tons of chemotherapy, until recently being placed on hospice.
“We’ve just really been having to come together because like I said, she’s spent more time in the hospital than out of the hospital,” said Cushner.
Cushner says that it’s hard since Tutell’s husband still works and now, all the family wants is to spend time together.
“He is trying to spend as much time with her and the boys as we progress forward, and so I started the GoFundMe,” explains Cushner.
The family would like to thank the community for their continued support.
The GoFundMe has passed it goal of $25,000, but if anyone would like to donate to the GoFundMe, click here.