Donate to Paul Parenteau's Cancer Treatment Fund

Summary: Paul Parenteau, father of three, was recently diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer. Contributions will enable us to care for him, cover his medical costs, and meet any other needs he may have.

This GoFundMe is being made collectively by Sam, Cassandra, and Olivia Parenteau for our dad, Paul Parenteau.

Paul has been fighting kidney cancer unknowingly for a few years now, since his decline in health had been repeatedly brushed off and misdiagnosed by doctors. In late June of this year, he was hospitalized after his hip fractured in three places due to its weakening. Here is when he finally got diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer, and has had to undergo numerous surgeries since. He's had surgery on both of his legs as well as his hips, and he just finished radiation last week.

As he's starting chemotherapy, we've found our family at a loss. We're all trying to pitch in what we can financially while also providing around-the-clock care for him. His smart ass attitude and humor has been holding all of us together, but his 60th birthday is approaching and we thought this could be the perfect gift. It's not about the money, but it is. Your donations, no matter how small they may be, alleviate just that much stress off of our father. Without work to pay bills, we have moved into our camper in the meantime. He worked up until his diagnosis, and I don't think this was quite the retirement he had planned.

He was never the type to ask people for things, but luckily he raised children who don't listen.