Barbara suffered from many auto-immune diseases through her life, but continued to do so much for friends and family despite her pain. Barb suffered from Juvenile arthritis, chronic Uveitis, Crohn's, and Multiple Sclerosis among other issues. In July of 2013 she suffered a Pulmonary Embolism and in late 2017 was diagnosed with Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) , possibly related to Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) . 

Barb was always on top of her health issues and was convinced PAH issues were related to her auto-immune diseases. If anything can be found though more research to help link and treat these issues it would help save the lives of others like Barbara. Please consider donating to help the organizations below.

Memorial donations may be made in Barbara's name to the National MS Society (http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?fr_id=7383&pg=ffind) and the American Lung Association (http://www.lung.org).