Justin's fight with stage 4 cancer
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Justin is an amazing single father of his beautiful 5 year old son, Dylan. He works hard and is one of the most talanted artists I've ever seen. He loves playing the piano, and playing video games with his son who is also lower spectrum autistic. His son needs special care and Justin has ALWAYS provided that for him.
3 weeks ago, we found out that Justin has a very aggressive stage 4 brain tumor in the motor side of his brain (This is the part that controls all body movements and communication skills.) He was given 3 months left to live without treatment. The only option was to risk paralysis or at worse case, death to remove the tumor. The Oncologist was able to remove 95% of the tumor and managed to only cause some paralysis on the right side of Justin's arm and hand. But he will need to start Chemotherapy and Radiation in two weeks. He will be terribly ill until he can beat this. His job FIRED HIM while he was in the hospital and canceled his insurance, but that cannot be dealt with at the moment. Justin is completely tapped on all accounts and is now having to depend on his mother and father, Rick and Carol Deestrada, to care for him while he is fighting cancer and chemo, while also caring for his 5 year old son. We are all doing everything that we can to help, but it is not enough. I am starting this fundraiser to help Justin and his family. Justin is terrified and just wants to survive. He want to watch his son grow up. The care he needs is so expensive and literally ANYTHING would be monumental to this family. The money sent will be used to help continue treatment, therapy and the rehabilitaion Justin will need to overcome this cancer. It will also be used to help provide relief to his parents for the care of Dylan and we will absolutely try to save Justin's home, but his health is the first priority. And prayers... Please, keep praying. Only God can save him with the help of these treatments and care. Please help this family. This is as urgent as it can get.
3 weeks ago, we found out that Justin has a very aggressive stage 4 brain tumor in the motor side of his brain (This is the part that controls all body movements and communication skills.) He was given 3 months left to live without treatment. The only option was to risk paralysis or at worse case, death to remove the tumor. The Oncologist was able to remove 95% of the tumor and managed to only cause some paralysis on the right side of Justin's arm and hand. But he will need to start Chemotherapy and Radiation in two weeks. He will be terribly ill until he can beat this. His job FIRED HIM while he was in the hospital and canceled his insurance, but that cannot be dealt with at the moment. Justin is completely tapped on all accounts and is now having to depend on his mother and father, Rick and Carol Deestrada, to care for him while he is fighting cancer and chemo, while also caring for his 5 year old son. We are all doing everything that we can to help, but it is not enough. I am starting this fundraiser to help Justin and his family. Justin is terrified and just wants to survive. He want to watch his son grow up. The care he needs is so expensive and literally ANYTHING would be monumental to this family. The money sent will be used to help continue treatment, therapy and the rehabilitaion Justin will need to overcome this cancer. It will also be used to help provide relief to his parents for the care of Dylan and we will absolutely try to save Justin's home, but his health is the first priority. And prayers... Please, keep praying. Only God can save him with the help of these treatments and care. Please help this family. This is as urgent as it can get.
Organizer and beneficiary
Angela Wood
Organizer
Oldsmar, FL
Carol DeeStrada
Beneficiary
