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"HELP BABY ZOEY SAVE DADDY IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST CANCER!"
... As I sit here glancing above my daughter's bed, I catch myself looking at the sign my husband hung up that says... "Such A Big Miracle, In Such A Little Girl". Those words ring so true in the hearts of my family. Approximately 10 yrs ago my husband was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer. By the Grace of God he was able to overcome it. He was in remission for 9 years. About 9 months ago, he had an intolerable pain on his lower abdomen. It was so excruciating that he had to be picked up by ambulance and was admitted to the hospital. He spent the next 3 days being tested and monitored yet nothing was pin pointed to be the cause nor did any doctor find anything wrong. My husband's pain was still at its worst, and the only conclusion they could come up with was that it seemed to be a urinary tract infection that was causing such discomfort . A few weeks later, we were referred to a urologist and after being sent to a pelvic and bladder MRI, we received the shocking and sad news that my husband was no longer in remission, but his cancer had metastasized to his lymph nodes around his liver and stomach. After ongoing tests and what seemed to be endless Dr.'s appointments, we're told that the cancer that my husband has is terminal and the level he presently is at is Stage 3B, but the doctor says that there's not much that could be done at this point because the type of cancer my husband is fighting has an advanced final Stage of 3C. Just hearing that Rene's cancer was already fully advanced, I felt the biggest knot in my stomach and I knew instantly that my world was about to turn upside down.
The past year really put a hold on the necessary procedures due to the Covid-19 pandemic we are all sadly experiencing, and we are so overcome with worriedness, stress, and frustration about what we could do, or what can be done. Now more than ever we need to figure out some kind of emergency plan. I did researching upon research and prayed to God to help me find some way to help Rene and figure this all out. Tough times became tougher and every single day I fought to be the strong one and not to let myself get depressed or give up. Needless to say, with all that was going on, it took a great toll on me, and I started to become very sick. Everything I would eat I would vomit, my blood pressure was at hypertension levels, and I felt so fatigued that all I wanted to do was sleep. For two days I had nothing but nightmares in my dreams that would take me through a sequence of events that would leave me a mental picture of being left all alone in an unknown setting of darkness, feeling terrified and unsafe, waking up crying and in cold sweats. I knew time was running out and I needed to get better to take care and support my husband, being that there's days when he's in so much pain that it completely wipes him out. So...I went to see my doctor...
Just as we were thinking that nothing else could possibly go wrong, once again we were hit with the element of surprise when we least expected it. Everything I was feeling was the result of being two and a half weeks pregnant. This was the first time I can actually say that finding out that we are about to have a baby is great news, or a reason to celebrate...but it wasn't. It was more like my husband and I looked at one another with shock and confusion with what we were just told, and confused about our present situation, and our future-if there was one. Does "God" really have a sense of humor? Does he even exist? Everything just weighed so heavy on our hearts, so we prayed together and decided to leave it all in God's hands, and trust in him. Later on that day, I was definitely on to something, a cure that could actually save my husband's life," Stem Cells". In all reality, it was a Chance, a Possible Cure, or for myself, it just meant HOPE...Fact is, we see a Big Picture here, this all goes much deeper than that. "STEM CELL RESEARCH"...this means preserving your baby's cord blood and cord tissue and using the stem cells from it to inject it into your own bone marrow so they can uniquely create and regenerate into many different cells within the body, repairing or creating new healthy ones.
At the age of 40, and Rene 45, God has Blessed us with a beautiful child, and our child ends up with the greatest gift ever, LIFE. This is the last and only chance my husband, her dad, has at a full remission recovery. He now has another chance in life and to be here for our daughter. Her scheduled due date is March 10th, 2021. At the start of my third trimester, I started to develop preeclampsia , so an emergency C-Section was performed at 34 1/2 weeks , giving us our miracle daughter," Baby Zoey", born on January 29th, 2021, 17" long and weighing 5 lbs. 4 oz. We still now have only one really big hurdle to overcome. The insurance will not cover stem cell therapy nor will they cover to keep and store the baby's cord blood. This just brought happiness with more worry and fear. How do I tell my husband yes you have a cure, but we have no money to pay for a procedure like this. So your only possible cure will not be a option.... 
Iwasn't even able to hold my baby when she was born, she went right to the NICU, where she demonstrated how strong and stable she is, not letting out one scream or cry when it came down to taking the extra fluid out of her lungs, poking her with needles to get an I.V. going, nor when it came down to sticking a tube down her throat into her stomach so they could feed her.
Baby Zoey just turned two weeks old...
I love Rene so much and he's so much more than my Husband, he's truly My Partner, My Best Friend. Picturing a life with out him Is a life I really don't ever want to experience. GOD has blessed us over and over with miracles and opened different doors with full of options and opportunities, that i know this will not be where our road ends.
Thank you for reading our story. Any financial or emotional support would be such great blessings to my family. Donations will go directly towards the cost of Rene's Stem Cell Procedure and medical treatments.
Please share this post to as many people as you can...God bless you.
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