Daniel's Lymphoma Fund
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I am Daniel's aunt and I would like to share his story. He is an incredibly intelligent and loving person who I have had the privilege to watch grow up. He has always embraced people around him with an open and compassionate heart. Becoming an independent adult has thrown some extremely difficult challenges his way.
After graduation he worked his share of tough jobs until recently finding a position at a local carpentry shop with the possible future of becoming a union finish carpenter installer. He finally got his first car which he loves very much. A red 92 Mazda Miata. He also moved into his first apartment in Vancouver Washington with his girlfriend. It was at this time that he began struggling with very extreme medical symptoms: fevers, insomnia, drenching night sweats, swollen lymph nodes, rapid weight loss, migraines among others.
He worked through these symptoms for three months to get the medical benefits to get to the doctor. Finally the doctors ran tests in November of 2017. His blood tests showed very high inflammation and anemia. It was in December that Daniel received the call from one of the doctors who ordered a chest x-ray showing a large mass of chest lymphoma. It was that evening he was sent to the ER for a surgical biopsy procedure which would become a three day hospital stay.
Over the last three months Daniel's challenges have unfortunately piled up. His girlfriend of two years left him while he was at the hospital to have a port surgically implanted in his chest for chemo. He called me before the procedure to pick him up and the recovery was hard on him having to return to his apartment without her stuff there and facing his first chemo. His symptoms have worsened and are keeping him from work.
He has now had two chemo sessions of ABVD. If he chooses not to have radiation, which Dr. Kolibaba doesn't recommend for him, he will have to have 6 months of chemo.
Shortly after he began to lose his hair he woke one morning to get his mail and his car was stolen right from the apartment complex while he slept. His heart was crushed to say the least.
With the help of KOIN 6 news and the compassion of a heroic community his car was recovered from the thief.
It seems like a story out of the twilight zone. Or a country song. What are the odds of all of this happening within such a short time? It must be astronomical. My heart breaks with every setback and I'm desperate to help him in any way possible.
His $6,350 out of pocket medical expenses are a mountain he can't climb while his symptoms are unpredictable with chemo treatments. He needs to focus on his health.
We are hoping his car won't need any extensive repairs and hoping he can afford an insurance policy soon.
So I plead with any reader to consider Daniel as someone who needs a miracle right now. At least consider adding your prayers with his families prayers that everything will work out for him.
Daniel at the Battle Ground skate park age 13
(at 17 Daniel was downhill long boarding and won a competition)
Daniel has many natural abilities and has thrown himself whole hearted into many different things such as learning to fix RC machines, caring for koi fish, rose gardening and even learning to crochet because he saw me making scarves. Huge talent!
This kid could solve a rubik's cube in one minute!!!
He's amazing!!!!
After graduation he worked his share of tough jobs until recently finding a position at a local carpentry shop with the possible future of becoming a union finish carpenter installer. He finally got his first car which he loves very much. A red 92 Mazda Miata. He also moved into his first apartment in Vancouver Washington with his girlfriend. It was at this time that he began struggling with very extreme medical symptoms: fevers, insomnia, drenching night sweats, swollen lymph nodes, rapid weight loss, migraines among others.
He worked through these symptoms for three months to get the medical benefits to get to the doctor. Finally the doctors ran tests in November of 2017. His blood tests showed very high inflammation and anemia. It was in December that Daniel received the call from one of the doctors who ordered a chest x-ray showing a large mass of chest lymphoma. It was that evening he was sent to the ER for a surgical biopsy procedure which would become a three day hospital stay.
Over the last three months Daniel's challenges have unfortunately piled up. His girlfriend of two years left him while he was at the hospital to have a port surgically implanted in his chest for chemo. He called me before the procedure to pick him up and the recovery was hard on him having to return to his apartment without her stuff there and facing his first chemo. His symptoms have worsened and are keeping him from work.
He has now had two chemo sessions of ABVD. If he chooses not to have radiation, which Dr. Kolibaba doesn't recommend for him, he will have to have 6 months of chemo.
Shortly after he began to lose his hair he woke one morning to get his mail and his car was stolen right from the apartment complex while he slept. His heart was crushed to say the least.
With the help of KOIN 6 news and the compassion of a heroic community his car was recovered from the thief.
It seems like a story out of the twilight zone. Or a country song. What are the odds of all of this happening within such a short time? It must be astronomical. My heart breaks with every setback and I'm desperate to help him in any way possible.
His $6,350 out of pocket medical expenses are a mountain he can't climb while his symptoms are unpredictable with chemo treatments. He needs to focus on his health.
We are hoping his car won't need any extensive repairs and hoping he can afford an insurance policy soon.
So I plead with any reader to consider Daniel as someone who needs a miracle right now. At least consider adding your prayers with his families prayers that everything will work out for him.
Daniel at the Battle Ground skate park age 13(at 17 Daniel was downhill long boarding and won a competition)
Daniel has many natural abilities and has thrown himself whole hearted into many different things such as learning to fix RC machines, caring for koi fish, rose gardening and even learning to crochet because he saw me making scarves. Huge talent!This kid could solve a rubik's cube in one minute!!!He's amazing!!!!
Organizer
Danny Noble
Organizer
Vancouver, WA
