Help Bubba beat Lymphoma for good
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Dennis "Bubba" Watson is a loving husband, father and up until last year, he was a lineman for Southern Rivers Energy where he has worked for 33 years. I am creating this GoFundMe page on behalf of his family, friends, and EMC family, to help Bubba and his wife, Lora, with the incredible medical costs associated with Bubba's cancer treatment.
After enduring months of biopsies, tests, surgeries, infections, and no clear diagnosis, doctors diagnosed him with pancreatic cancer. But after undergoing surgery to remove as many tumors as possible, they changed his diagnosis to Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Initially, this was a better diagnosis than pancreatic cancer but his pathology reports in November showed what they call a double hit. A mutation in the cancer cell that makes it a very aggressive form called Diffuse Large B Cell Non-Hodgkin’sLymphoma.
Bubba completed 6 rounds of R-EPOCH Chemotherapy. All of these were weeklong, inpatient infusions. Those treatments, along with four IT chemo treatments via spinal infusion totaled approximately 670 hours of intravenous infusions. But his journey doesn't end there.
Due to the aggressive form of Lymphoma he has, there is a high probability that it will come back unless he undergoes an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant using his own stem cells so he is beginning that process now. Doctors successfully collected enough stem cells from him on April 16 and he will be admitted to Emory on the 29th where he will begin 6 days of intense chemo treatments before receiving the stem cell transplant on May 5. Bubba will then stay for at least three more weeks to build his new immune system.
Please help us raise funds to help this sweet family with Bubba's medical bills so they can spend all their energy on helping him heal when he is finally able to come home from the hospital! Donations will go straight to Bubba and Lora Watson's account. Please consider donating but if you're unable to right now, prayers are also needed! #bubbatuff
After enduring months of biopsies, tests, surgeries, infections, and no clear diagnosis, doctors diagnosed him with pancreatic cancer. But after undergoing surgery to remove as many tumors as possible, they changed his diagnosis to Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Initially, this was a better diagnosis than pancreatic cancer but his pathology reports in November showed what they call a double hit. A mutation in the cancer cell that makes it a very aggressive form called Diffuse Large B Cell Non-Hodgkin’sLymphoma.
Bubba completed 6 rounds of R-EPOCH Chemotherapy. All of these were weeklong, inpatient infusions. Those treatments, along with four IT chemo treatments via spinal infusion totaled approximately 670 hours of intravenous infusions. But his journey doesn't end there.
Due to the aggressive form of Lymphoma he has, there is a high probability that it will come back unless he undergoes an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant using his own stem cells so he is beginning that process now. Doctors successfully collected enough stem cells from him on April 16 and he will be admitted to Emory on the 29th where he will begin 6 days of intense chemo treatments before receiving the stem cell transplant on May 5. Bubba will then stay for at least three more weeks to build his new immune system.
Please help us raise funds to help this sweet family with Bubba's medical bills so they can spend all their energy on helping him heal when he is finally able to come home from the hospital! Donations will go straight to Bubba and Lora Watson's account. Please consider donating but if you're unable to right now, prayers are also needed! #bubbatuff
Organizer and beneficiary
Erin Cook
Organizer
Barnesville, GA
Lora Watson
Beneficiary
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