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Aten Family Cancer Fund


UPDATE: Dan's most recent PET scan and now biopsy results have confirmed that his cancer is back - he has a very painful lymphnode area on his back that is growing by the minute. He cannot get treatment locally for this next step (more intense chemo and possibly a stem cell transplant) so they need to move to the Philly area for inpatient and outpatient treatment - even when he's out of the hospital, he has to be within 30-45 minutes of the hospital incase anything happens. They will be there for at least 6 months are moving a lot of their things out of our house this weekend so he can start treatment next week.

I’m starting this Go Fund Me account for a work friend and fellow speech therapist that I actually met by covering her maternity leave last school year. In May 2015, Emily was blessed with her first child, a baby boy, Tyler.  She and her husband, Dan, were busy taking care of their new baby when unfortunately on Christmas Eve, when Tyler was just 7 months old, Dan was diagnosed with Stage 4 non germinal center diffuse large B-cell lymphoma/cancer. The timing wasn’t ideal, although, it never is when it comes to cancer. While away from work, Emily took care of Tyler but also cared for her sick husband.  He got 6 outpatient chemo treatments locally between February and May 2016 and they got good news via a PET scan and blood tests that the cancer had seemed to be resolved!  Time to get back to enjoying life.  Emily started back to work at the start of the new school year this fall, taking Tyler to daycare for the first time. They had just started to get into a new routine when Dan recently went back to the doctor for some follow up tests and they detected a ‘spot.’ It could’ve been nothing, possibly just a cyst, but they needed to do further testing as it’s better safe than sorry in these types of situations. Unfortunately, the PET scan and biopsy results came back that Dan again has Lymphoma. This time though Dan will have to go through more intense inpatient chemo and stem cell transplants at Penn in Philadelphia. This requires he and Emily, with a toddler in tow, to stay within 30 minutes from the facility and both to take even more time away from work. This family has a lot on their plate with financial burden of medical bills, stay (paying for their current home and their “Philadelphia home” where they will have to pay to stay while Dan goes through treatments), food, travelling, taking care of a little one, and losing income while taking more time off of work. They would be appreciative of any help you can offer whether it be money (any little bit can help) and of course prayers and positive thoughts. If you’re unable to contribute to this fund, please share this Go Fund Me link and pray and/or send positive energy to this family in their very difficult time. Thank you!!!
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  • Lou Ann Sitler
    • $30 
    • 6 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Marissa Shamrock
Organizer
Bellefonte, PA
Emily Aten
Beneficiary

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