Chantay R. Evans-Glisson started experiencing extreme shortness of breath around 2003. After an X-ray and other tests, she was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis, which caused inflammation in the lymph nodes in her lungs.
Long story short, a double-lung transplant is the only way Chantay can ensure her survival.
It’s the only way she can continue to be a loving sister, a caring wife, and a supportive mother. Her Doctor’s suggest that this is the only way my cousin will be able to see another year.
Chantay is quite literally fighting for her life and I’ll be damned if I sit idly by and do nothing about it. The time for pretending that “everything is going to work out” has long gone and I’m proud to say that my family has done a masterful job raising funds for Chantay’s treatment, what with us already raising over $25,000 to date. Even though we’ve come a very long way, we still have a longer road ahead of us.
About $5oo,ooo worth of road to be specific…
So with the help of SHIFT Entertainment and Covet PR, I present the next chapter in Chantay’s “Book of Recovery”: The “Fresh Air Hip-Hop Concert” in honor of Chantay R. Evans-Glisson’s fight to breath again.
As an Asthmatic, I know how it feels to inhale only to end up in a worse position that you started with–with even LESS air in your lungs than before. While I can sympathize with her plight and the helplessness that comes along with the territory of breathlessness, my Asthma attacks from back in the day in no way compares to what Chantay is going through. She must stay connected to an oxygen tank 24 hours a day and even the most simple task–walking to the mailbox for instance–can leave her gasping desperately for relief.
The Fresh Air Hip-Hop Concert (#FAHHC) is our opportunity to stand right beside Chantay in her fight for life. Even if you don’t like rap music or have other obligations planned for March 24th, I only ask that you read the following press release and, if nothing else, pass the information on to some that you think may be interested in our cause.
The National Foundation for Transplants, the backbone to the entire operation, has Chantay’s story in full on their website as well a way for you, your friends, your family members, or business to donate directly to her campaign for a new lease on life with a pair of new lungs.
New lungs, homie…
Breath that in.
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Apr 6, 2012
[...] at Jimbo’s Rock Lounge in Chareleston, SC (March 24, 2012). The concert was held on behalf of Chantay Evans-Glisson, of North Charleston, SC, who is in critical need of a double-lung transplant. Proceeds from the [...]