Donate to Sven Meier's Fight for Health and Recovery

Hello everyone, I am creating this GoFundMe on behalf of my father, (Steve) and stepmother, (Brittni) for their son Sven, my brother.

In September 2023, Sven started his junior year like any other high schooler. Closer to winter of 2023, Sven was brought to the doctor by Steve and Brittni with concerns of him being very tired, not as motivated to do things, constant headaches, not eating as much, and just overall not feeling well. Not a whole lot came about that appointment other than to "try to eat more and be more active."

Fast forward to July, another doctor’s appointment was made due to not really seeing any improvements. Sven had more tiredness, no motivation, headaches, loss of appetite, was losing quite a bit of weight. Another concerning symptom was his right eye was no longer able to turn right and vision would go blurry when trying. They did bloodwork; however, everything came back as normal.

Then an eye doctor appointment was scheduled for July 30th due to his vision issues. When he was seen by the eye doctor, they were very perplexed by his issues and ordered an MRI to gather more information.

On August 6th Sven had his first MRI done and on the 7th, Steve and Brittni were called with the results of a mass found sitting on his pituitary gland and around his optic nerves, measuring 4.3 x 7.0 x 5.9 cm. This led to an appointment on the 8th to meet with a neurosurgeon to go over the MRI results and to see how he was doing. At this time Sven had a hard time focusing due to his severe headaches. They requested more bloodwork to determine if they could figure out what type of tumor it was. They were also able to prescribe him medication that helped with his headaches and appetite. After 24 hours of taking the medication, he started to feel his appetite and energy come back and started to behave like a normal teenager again.

After a few days they got all the results back from the bloodwork and there were signs pointing to a type of germ cell tumor, but they couldn’t definitively determine exactly what type. This led to the doctors requesting that a biopsy be preformed to be sure they knew exactly what they were dealing with and get the right treatment plan in place.

On Tuesday August 20th, Sven underwent a long 4-hour surgery where they were able to get a biopsy of the tumor and relieve some pressure off his right eye.

A day after the surgery they determined it was a malignant germinoma tumor. Now that they know what it is they are putting together a treatment plan that will consist of chemotherapy and proton radiation therapy. The doses and duration of treatment is still being worked out.

We’ve set up this GoFundMe to help the cost of any uncovered medical, travel and hotel expenses during this difficult time for the Meier family. Every donation is greatly appreciated.

•I would like to add that any left over donations will be going towards Sven's education & future.

If you can’t donate, we completely understand. If you could show support by simply sharing Sven’s story. Your love, prayers and support mean a lot at this time.

Updates on Sven’s journey will be posted here as they happen.