Kanaka’s cakes

10/14/2026

I have 536 entries… so there will be three name pulls. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the love support prayers and good wishes. It’s gonna be a bumpy recovery. It won’t be easy. But I need to do this in order to have a quality of life that my kids and I deserve. Spine healthwise I feel great. I feel straightened out and I feel no pain when I walk. Although I’m still using a walker for support, I feel like I am getting stronger. I can now get in and out of bed without help from my kids or a bedside nurse. It’s a matter of being patient waiting for my nerves to wake up and waiting for other functions to wake up and regulate again. I was told that it may take weeks to months for that to happen. So I’m asking Winners to please be patient as I heal… when surgeon allows me to do more I will let you know so that I can make you the most delicious cheesecake❤️❤️ I will possibly end this this week… so if you would
Still like to participate… get them in by Friday. 🤙🏽

10/10/2026

I have been admitted once again back into the hospital at Fairview. There were complications that developed from the surgery I had. I was hoping to pull names for this raffle that is intended to help my kids help me. … but I may have to push it back till the end of this month since I have been setback. I appreciate them many prayers and the monetary donations that help go towards my care. My kids want to see a very big thank you!! I have a good list of entries thus far and I’m close to adding another Cheesecake pull…. I be love helping others. And I hardly accept help myself, especially when I was able bodied. So thank you everyone for making me feel that I shouldn’t be ashamed to ask for help❤️🤙🏽🙏

10/06/2026

I forgot to mention. In my last post that I will be pulling a total of 2 winners so far. Once the raffle surpasses the 500 participant mark, I will increase by another. Thank you!!🤙🏽❤️🤙🏽❤️

10/05/2026

Update on my journey and raffle:

Last night was the first one I spent at home… there was a lot of anxiety a lot of crying because of the unknown. I am deathly afraid that I will have to spend the rest of my life using medical devices to get me by. I know this is not forever, but I am still afraid of the possibility that I will not regain function of my bladder or have this constant numbing on my left side. Please continue to pray for me and my health. I am hoping to get a lot better by the time Alyssa graduates. I want to be able to be the mom she deserves.

As for the raffle, we have about 370 entries. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me and my children at this time. As you know, I work around the clock with not just cheesecakes for wineries or those who have a taste for it. I also work full-time at Ashtabula city schools as a caseworker and a support for children between kindergarten and second grade. I really crave my life back and would like to dive back into what I love doing most they say patience is a virtue… I am trying very hard…. The funds that are collected will go to help my children and future medical expenses….. I will end this raffle on the 16th of this month. With the help of sissy, Marnie Lopez.

🤙🏽❤️

10/04/2026

I’m going home today!!!! I feel better…. I have pain in my abdomen from the site of the first surgery. But it is nothing I can’t handle. I’m getting used to the extra hardware in my spine and I’m moving a lot better …. But I am still ways away from feeling up to par. I’m still trying to regain balance and build back up the use of my muscles after almost 2 years since suffering really started to kick in. I almost lost life trying to fix my life, if that makes any sense. At this time, I am going to have to put me first. I am going to surround myself with love and positivity.

Thank you everyone for the love, prayers, donations toward helping to take care of me and my kids. I will give it a couple more weeks before I draw a name. We are at 245 entries. As a rule of thumb, when I reach 250 entries, I throw in another draw.

So far the money was used on gas for the kids to come and see me and for dinners that they brought to me bc I just couldn’t eat the hospital food. Again THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP! The rest will go towards other expenditures like copays for medications and other appointments.

10/01/2026

I chose to share this journey with you all and also so that I could look back on it on September 30, 2027 when it pops up in memories. This is why I have been in so much pain the past two years. I needed this much correction just to get my life back again. It is genetic it was a diagnosis of advanced degenerative disc disease. Falling on ice at work didn’t help the situation very much either the past two times that I did. And even though I am going to get better, I am always going to be classified as permanently disabled. I am gonna get better and I am going to get my life back and I wanna keep doing what I love to do which is serving the families and children of Ashtabula County and baking of course! And I have to share with my friends at AACS… that for the past two years, I felt some degree of guilt. I felt guilty for coming in a few minutes later. I usually like making it there at 7:30 but I know I’ve been arriving at about eight. And when I do come in, it’s like I head straight to my classroom and don’t want to talk to anyone. It’s not that I didn’t wanna talk to anyone. It’s because I was in such extreme pain that I need to rest my tailbone. Even walking from the handicap stall into the building hurts so bad. And when asked to come and help with emergency situations…. I started to decline because I just couldn’t physically make it there. I would be in such agonizing pain. This is the kind of pain that you think that death would be the better alternative… but I am not like that. I am wanting to love my life again. I am wanting to be a mom to my children and I’m wanting to be good team member on my case management team
At our school. They say that I had more surgery than the average spinal fusion surgery. So please, please, please…. Be patient as I heal.❤️

And I wanna say a big thank you a A BIG HUGE MAHALO for supporting the raffle my sissy started for me… I am going to keep it open. This is going to help my children with lost wages, and such when I do return home as well. 

09/28/2026

Ok everyone, Just a small update on Aileen
Surgeries went well!
She is now out of ICU and in her own room.
Tomorrow will start her moving around and PT meeting w her for care plan.
To help w cost for kids at home I am going to raffle off a cheesecake $2 a ticket!
🎟️
Please help sissy not have to worry about the kids at home. She has helped everyone, now let’s help her!
Cashapp
Venmo
Apple Pay
Available
Same way you pay for cheesecakes.
This raffle will close next Sunday

09/22/2026

09/21/2026

Ok everyone,
As we all know our best cheesecake person will be out of commission for weeks!!
First surgery is Wednesday and then Friday!!
So during this time her kids will be providing the care at home!
Lys will be cooking for her mom! Josh will be helping w transportation to and from therapy once she gets home!
I will update everyone in the group and ask for you not to contact her and allow her to heal the first week .
But now it’s our turn to help Aileen.
I posted her Venmo and cashapp for anyone to donate while she is out.
Add a heart ♥️ when you donate!
Thank you
Marnie
Best sissy she has😂

09/07/2026

I will be out of commission from September 23- God knows when. I’ve had spinal problems for the past 2years now and am having it corrected. It’s been debilitating and painful to say the least. I am hopeful that this 2 part surgery will have me up and walking … pain free. I’m not too sure about Thanksgiving… But God willing…. I will be able to get back to doing what I love most. Surgeons say it’s a minimum of 6 week recovery (depending on how I heal) I am scared…. Mostly scared about recovery bc I hate to burden my children who have their own responsibilities. But I’m gonna take a deep breath and hope for the best bc I have years of living left to live. Please keep me and my kids in Your thoughts and prayers. They are very much appreciated. 🤙🏽❤️