'Mother, Nurse, Hero': Friends Help North Babylon Woman Battle Cancer

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NORTH BABYLON, NY — A North Babylon mother, wife, registered nurse, and “hero,” is battling cancer and her family is rallying to help her.

Nicole Turano-Ramos was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer shortly after her 35th birthday in 2023. Since then, she’s struggled to navigate the healthcare system, astronomical medication prices and perhaps the biggest challenge of all—being a mother while fighting for her life.

Nicole’s first chemotherapy treatment gave her an anaphylactic reaction that caused pulmonary edema, malignant pleural effusions requiring three chest tube placements, supplemental oxygen, and “a complete loss of independence.”

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Since then, the side effects have been staggering, new medical issues have emerged, and her diagnosis has rendered her “100 percent disabled” with “a complete loss of independence.”

Now, unable to work in a career she loved, she’s living on Social Security Disability Insurance and needs a slew of expensive medications, including one with a price tag so high it “could be considered a down payment for a house.”

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Earlier in Nicole’s journey, her husband, Israel Ramos, created a GoFundMe to help with ongoing medical expenses.

Then on Friday, Nicole was again admitted to the ER with “stroke like symptoms” that led to MRIs finding leptomeningeal disease—cancer in the cerebrospinal fluid and leptomeninges, the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

According to her sister, Lauren Wreckter, the family is exploring a “few different options” with Nicole’s oncologist to “try to give her the best quality of life and give us the most time together.”

“She has not been really able to be on her phone like she was but she knows everyone is praying for her, cheering her on and thinking of her. She is the definition of a true fighter. She will never fight alone.”

On the fundraiser page, Israel wrote:

“Hi I’m izzy. I’m fundraising for my beautiful wife Nicole Turano-Ramos. We just found out she has stage 4 breast cancer at just 35 years old. My wife is a true hero, a RN that fought on the front lines when covid hit us hard. She is an amazing person and dedicated mother, wife, nurse and hero.

“This news rocked our family hard and we are going to fight till we beat this but financially we are going to need help. Last thing I want her to worry about is the bills, gas for driving to all appointments etc.

“Nikki always gave and never asked for anything in return, that’s just how she is. She will probably hate that I did this but I need her to worry about her fight.

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“Please Help a true hero. Share this everywhere. Donate a dollar or anything you can to help my family threw this very difficult time. I love you all and we will beat this together.”

To donate to the GoFundMe, click here.


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