GoFundMe account to benefit employee awaiting heart transplant
Lynn Hathaway, a 17-year employee of the University of Maine System, was recently admitted to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and is waiting for a heart transplant.
Hathaway battled breast cancer in 2012, and underwent chemotherapy treatment. Although in remission from breast cancer, the chemotherapy caused her to have cardiomyopathy, along with congestive heart failure. This has caused frequent trips to the hospital for fluid building around her lungs and heart. Hathaway’s heart is now operating at 10 percent.
The family has set up a GoFundMe account to help defray medical expenses.
Hathaway has worked for a variety of departments, including the University of Maine System Office, Facilities Management, and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.