Cole, Get Well Soon !

Good evening, My name is Ryan. I sit here and write this tonight as my family and I just came home from Sick Kids  Hospital visiting friends that are very close to us. I recevied a call two days ago from my friend to let me know his son was hospitalized and because they had some abnormal test results come back they were transfering him to Sick Kids. Today they were told the one thing that no parent would ever want to hear, your child has cancer.  I can not even imagine what this would feel like.  So  I would now like to address them by name. My friend Jamie is Cole's father,  Ashley Cole's mother, and  Cole. Cole was born 10 years ago with Down Syndrome and he is an amazing kid.  Cole has endured and overcome so many obstacles in his short life. Cole has been a great friend to my oldest daughter. My wife and I have been friends with Ashley and Jamie for 12 years. They have devoted their whole lives to raising Cole. They have annual charity garage sales and give all the money to Sick Kids Hospital.  Ashley and Jamie devote alot of their time to help further Down Syndrome awarness and are Cole's biggest advocates.  Now Cole is going to start a treatment process that is going to take months. We are hoping to raise between 6 to 8,000.00 dollars which all funds recieved will go directly to the family to help cover daily cost of living, (home bills, food, parking at the hospital, and gas money, etc) so Cole's mom, Ashley can stay by his side 24/7 and Jamie, Cole's dad will also be moving into the hospital but he will be returning to work in a couple of days. We are starting this page for them to help them make ends meet as they don't have any work benfits. They are down one income and are likely going suffer with just one coming in. Jamie will likely be on reduced hours with Cole's upcoming surgeries and treatment schedules.  These are amazing parents and great friends that need our help. We donated last year to a family on this site in a simaler situaion, so it gave us the idea tonight to start this fundraiser. My wife and I will be starting the fundraiser with a $200 dollar donation. No parent should have the added stress of thier financial wellbeing in such a time as this. Please help this family in anyway you can, no donation is to small. We will update the page on Cole's condition as we get information. Cole, we will say a prayer for you tonight and our hearts go out to you, your mom and dad.

Thank you for taking the time to read our story and for your support,

Ryan and Elizabeth Zanth