Mother needs help to offset $10 million surgery cost
IN NOVEMBER of 2019, Yvonne Johnson learnt a new term in shocking circumstances. She discovered she had a chordoma tumour behind her eyes that caused her to become cross-eyed, and experience nausea and dizziness. She eventually lost her sight in October 2020. "I never know what that is until that day, never know anything 'bout tumour," she said. After receiving the diagnosis, she got a referral to see a specialist who welcomed her with three ominous words: "You have money?" Johnson, who became a widow in 2013 after losing her husband to an untimely stroke, quit her job as a domestic helpe...