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Jon David is a handsome, sweet, and resilient 3 year old little boy who has overcome more challenges in his few years than most adults have been through in their lifetime. JD was born into the foster care system. When he was 2 he was moved to a new foster family & right away his foster parents fell in love with this child.
One day his foster mom took him to the doctors for a runny nose and when they took his blood pressure reading, it was sky high. That's when Jon David was subsequently diagnosed with Wilm's tumor, which is a form of kidney cancer. He has spent a large portion of his short life in the Arkansas Children's hospital battling this cancer. Doctor's were pretty sure they had it beat and then Jon David finally got some permanency and stability in his life in March of 2016 when he was legally adopted by his foster parents!
However, it wasn't long and JD's cancer had returned...worse than before. The tumor on his liver is massive. It has spread from his kidneys to his liver, lungs, and his chest wall. His parents were told by doctors yesterday that it was no longer treatable. There is nothing else that medically can be done to help Jon David. If you live in or around Springdale you may have seen his face on the Children's hospital billboards in town.
Jon Davids doctors and his mom and dad have made the decision to bring JD home to be made comfortable and live the rest of his life out. His mom still asks for everyone's thoughts and prayers but now they are just asking for prayers of comfort. We have created this campaign on behalf of JD and his family in order to raise funds to support Jon David in these months he has and to go towards final expenses. The last thing a parent should have to worry about is money when their child has been given months to live. Please consider a donation to help Jon David's dad take some time off work to spend with him, help the family have money to make memories with this sweet baby boy and his siblings, and to relieve the financial burden from his mom and dad's shoulders during this time.
Adoption Day!!
One day his foster mom took him to the doctors for a runny nose and when they took his blood pressure reading, it was sky high. That's when Jon David was subsequently diagnosed with Wilm's tumor, which is a form of kidney cancer. He has spent a large portion of his short life in the Arkansas Children's hospital battling this cancer. Doctor's were pretty sure they had it beat and then Jon David finally got some permanency and stability in his life in March of 2016 when he was legally adopted by his foster parents!
However, it wasn't long and JD's cancer had returned...worse than before. The tumor on his liver is massive. It has spread from his kidneys to his liver, lungs, and his chest wall. His parents were told by doctors yesterday that it was no longer treatable. There is nothing else that medically can be done to help Jon David. If you live in or around Springdale you may have seen his face on the Children's hospital billboards in town.
Jon Davids doctors and his mom and dad have made the decision to bring JD home to be made comfortable and live the rest of his life out. His mom still asks for everyone's thoughts and prayers but now they are just asking for prayers of comfort. We have created this campaign on behalf of JD and his family in order to raise funds to support Jon David in these months he has and to go towards final expenses. The last thing a parent should have to worry about is money when their child has been given months to live. Please consider a donation to help Jon David's dad take some time off work to spend with him, help the family have money to make memories with this sweet baby boy and his siblings, and to relieve the financial burden from his mom and dad's shoulders during this time.
Adoption Day!!