Justin Wu Memorial Fund
On October 30, 2012 the son of one of my dear friends, fifteen
year old Justin Wu lost his ongoing battle with cancer. It was October
27, 2011, nearly one year ago to the day when Justin was initially
diagnosed with cancer (a mixed germ cell brain tumor). Since then
Justin has been undergoing chemo and treatment on a regular basis;
throughout this whole battle Justin was always very optimistic with a
smile on his face and never planned on giving up this fight. The
treatment seemed to be going fairly well until July 18, 2012 when things
took a terrible turn for the worse. After reviewing an MRI from that
day the Doctor's then discovered that the tumors have spread to his neck
and spine. It had now transformed to Rhabdomyosarcoma, an incredibly
rare form of cancer that only accounts for merely 3% of all childhood
cancers. The Doctors here in Las Vegas then told Justin's parents,
Kenton and Julie that there was nothing else they could do to treat his
tumor and gave Justin one month to live. Being the amazing and strong
willed parents that they are, Kenton and Julie immediately wanted a
second opinion and had him taken to CHLA (Children's Hospital Los
Angeles) where Justin received treatment. Justin was in critical
condition and hospitalized for the next three months.
At that point Kenton and Julie were both out of work for nearly
three months, being the loving parents that they are neither of them
wanted to leave Justin's side all the way up until the day of his
passing. But due to the fact that they had no income whatsoever for
those three months, they are now facing a terrible financial hardship
with all of the funeral costs and absurd medical bills. They have
definitely tapped out the little savings they had as well as their
401K's and are in a true time of need. This family has endured enough
pain and loss at this point so whatever you are capable of contributing
would be greatly appreciated.
One personal favor that I ask, is that you take three minutes of your day and post this link on your Facebook,Twitter, etc. http://www.gofundme.com/1i9j68 If everyone follows suite and passes this link on, I know we will hit our goal in no time!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE!!!
