Fri Jun 23, 2023 – 8:46 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – An Alberta woman who was denied a life-saving organ transplant because she refused to get the COVID shots has been approved for the procedure at a hospital in the United States but will need to pay for the procedure.
The family of Sheila Annette Lewis said the woman will need to pay over $100,000 to have the procedure completed at U.S. hospital.
“With the help of a few dedicated friends, Sheila Annette has now found a hospital in the U.S. that does not require the COVID vaccination for its transplant patients,” Lewis’ family said in a statement.
“As Sheila Annette’s friends and family, we appeal to you for prayers for her — that she gets her life- saving transplant — and for a financial donation toward the cost of upcoming testing and treatment in the U.S. Thank you very much for your consideration and your help.”
The family says that the “testing alone” will cost approximately$100,000 Canadian, “and the surgery, many hundreds of thousands dollars more.”
Lewis is dying of a terminal illness known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and was on a waiting list for an
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