As you all know Dola has been fighting cancer for the last year.
It’s crazy to think that it’s been an entire year since she left to find out what kind of infection was causing the swelling in her neck. It took many rounds of tests to come up with a proper diagnosis.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL).
She has endured over 40 radiation treatments as well as 7 rounds of immuno and chemotherapy!
As she recovers from her latest round of chemo, which was last week, and waits to hear the results from her latest scans, a group of amazing people have mobilized to help get her business back up and running a few of which are former employees!!
If you remember, her restaurant remained open for a time while she was receiving treatment and due to lack of proper management she was forced to close back in September of 2025. She believed (as we all did) that she would be back at Christmas but sadly that didn’t happen as her scans came back abnormal and she required more treatment.
After she finished those treatments she came home to try to put her life back together. She quickly realized her body was not ready for what was necessary to get back on her feet. Cleaning her house was a struggle never mind deep cleaning and renovating a restaurant that has sat untouched for 6 months!
So she grappled with the thought of selling… it would be easier to let go and move on and do something else but it just wouldn’t be the same.
She just didn’t know what to do, she was tired, she has been fighting for her life and now she has to fight for her livelihood and she doesn’t have anything left.
So she waited and the answer came. It came in the form of people. They said they would help her get back because selling was NOT an option.
And they got to work, they gutted the restaurant, they found a new manager, they got a few of her staff to come back and hired a few others as well so now it’s just a matter of getting is all together.
But as you know, all of this costs money. Money she hasn’t made since last September. The last of her donations were spent on treatments LAST YEAR and she has been living off of credit cards and her family’s support ever since.
Please help her now as she gets ready for her next chapter. There is no way she could’ve gotten this far without all of the love and support she has received throughout the year and most especially now that she is so close to being on the other side of this.
She is, however, still receiving treatments and will continue to do so every two months for the foreseeable future, but helping her get back on her feet without the crippling debt of credit cards and medical bills will make it that much better.
So please donate with your heart, she really needs it now; she really needs YOU now.
