This petition is to help my mother get surgery for a collapsed lung. She has insurance but the doctors say that they cannot do surgery because their is a list in front of her. My mother needs this surgery to live as her lung is collapsed and it is always hard to breath. The reason I am so adamant bout this is that my mother has done so much for me over me entire life and this is the least I can do. My mother also has lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, tremors, has had knee replacement surgery, pre-cursor to Alzheimer's, and early stages of diabetes. My mother is a strong woman who has dealt with the loss of her father at age 23, a daughter go through cancer, and struggle to raise me and my sister as best as she can by herself. I hope this petition gets the response need to help her and everyone who reads and signs it understands where I am coming from.... my heart. thank you for reading this.