Samuel Kilgore - A Soon to be Cancer Survivor

Help Sammy Kilgore Fight Ewing Sarcoma – Our Brave Boy's Battle

A Diagnosis We Never Expected

This past Thanksgiving, our vibrant 10-year-old son, Samuel Mark “Sammy” Kilgore, started complaining about shoulder pain. We thought it might be muscle soreness from using the rowing machine at the gym. There was no injury, no fall — just an ache that wouldn’t go away.

Weeks turned into months. We visited urgent care, pediatricians, sports medicine clinics, and even started physical therapy. We were told it was joint laxity, poor posture, or even amplified pain syndrome — explanations that never felt right to us.

We insisted on further testing. And in May 2025, an MRI revealed the unthinkable: a large tumor in Sammy’s right humerus. Doctors suspected Ewing Sarcoma, a rare and aggressive bone cancer that most often affects children and teens.

Our Journey Forward

Sammy underwent his first biopsy on May 13th and a second on May 29th after the first results were inconclusive. That biopsy was also inconclusive, and the team sent the samples to the Cleveland Clinic for further testing. After six months of pain in his shoulder, sleepless nights, fear, and worry, it was finally confirmed on June 16th, 2025, Samuel Mark Kilgore has Ewing sarcoma..

His Treatment Plan is Daunting:

12 weeks of intensive chemotherapy

Limb-sparing surgery to remove and reconstruct the cancerous part of his right arm

3-4 weeks of post-op recovery

16 more weeks of chemo with possible radiation therapy

Years of follow-up scans and lab work

Sammy is just 10 years old. He turns 11 this July. He loves baseball, video games, and making people laugh. He has a giant, tender heart and a deep love for Jesus. He's worried about losing his hair, about needles, and most of all — whether he’ll ever play baseball again. The cancer is in his dominant arm.

Why We Need Help

We are a single-income, homeschooling family. While we’re grateful to have insurance, the deductibles, out-of-pocket expenses, and hidden costs (travel, time off work, meals, lab work, medications) are beyond anything we could have imagined.

No one prepares financially for their child to get cancer.

We are doing all we can, but we need help to:

Cover medical costs not paid by insurance

Pay for hospital stays, medications, lab work

Afford travel to specialists and treatment centers

Maintain some normalcy for our other children during this time

How You Can Help

We believe in the power of prayer and if you feel so led, we would ask — first and foremost — you pray for Sammy, the doctors, and our family.

We would not be doing a GoFundMe if we did not need funds. If you feel so led, please donate — no amount is too small. And even if you can’t give, please share this page to help us reach others who might be able to.

Every dollar, every prayer, every share is a step in Sammy’s healing.

Sammy Is Not Alone — He Has Us. He Has You.

Our son is a fighter. His faith is strong. His spirit is unbreakable.

Let’s rally around him with everything we’ve got. Thank you for standing with us.

With love and gratitude,

The Kilgore Family

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