Fandom sometimes steps up; I'm glad this is happening for you.

I had not known Sandy was in trouble; I just looked at her blog and found the post about her trip earlier this month - things did not look too happy then, but I'd not really noted anything since; you are probably the only Seattle blog I read.
I owe my fandom presence to Sandy. She invited me on to Virgule where I met Sharon and connected to cons and the people I'm going to InConjunction with this weekend. Sandy sent me the first vids I saw - Blake's 7 - Gayle's I think.
I'm sending all the hope I can that things go well for her.