Help Chris Defeat Cancer

Life is complex! Sometimes it takes a turn that is unexpected, and changes everything.

Absolutely everything!

My name is Chris Pratt. I have spent most of my life in public education as a band director and administrator, helping students and teachers strive to reach their goals and instill the disciplines, attitudes, and mindset to be excellent and strive for personal success.

But I have had my own personal share of struggles…

I have been fighting a rare form of cancer since 2022, and it has had its ups and downs. I can truly say that this battle has changed everything for me, but it has made me stronger. I have learned so many incredible lessons along the way.

Among those have been:

1. People matter most. Through my struggles, I am constantly amazed at how beautiful life really is, and it is a gift that we can invest in one another.

2. God is in control. No matter what, I can say that God has been in control, and my faith in Him has opened my eyes to see His great love for us.

3. We all need help. As much as I didn’t want to admit this, my situations have humbled me. I realize how fragile life is. We all need help, and that’s okay. Let’s not be afraid to ask, and be willing to give it however we can.

A Crossroad:

At this point, I am at a major crossroad in my life. In January of this year (2025), after several years of good health and progress, my body suddenly began to deteriorate.

In the month of January, I had four separate incidents where my situation became critical, and I could have lost my life had it not been for the grace of God. I began having severe pain in my head and neck. This was to the point that I was rolling on the floor screaming in agony. Then on January 8th, I had an episode of pain that was so severe that it triggered a vagal response. The blood flow to my brain became severely restricted, and my body began to shut down.

As I sat in a chair waiting to be rushed to the hospital, everything began to grow dim, and I started having trouble breathing, swallowing, and talking.

In this moment, I told my wife and three daughters the only words I could get out.

“Please know that I love you very much.”

With that, my dad helped me to the car where my body began to further shut down. I lost all use of my tongue and could no longer swallow. The burning in my head, throat, neck, eyes, and ears became something that I cannot describe. The pain was so bad that I couldn’t even make a sound.

As I sat in silence, my vision began to blur. Then suddenly, it was gone. I was blind. At that time, my hearing began to become muffled and was fading. It was like everything in the world that I knew was disappearing. At that moment, all I was aware of was me inside this dying shell trying to breathe.

My family began to pray for me, and my dad placed his hand on my back. The pain continued with such an intensity that I thought I was going to explode. My blood pressure had dropped to somewhere around 50 over 30. I was shutting down.

Then suddenly, I began throwing up. But miraculously, after a few minutes, my vision and hearing flooded back in, and I felt life returning back to my body.

I have no doubt, God was answering our prayers.

When I arrived at the ER, they admitted me to the hospital. As they monitored me overnight, I had this same episode again. They discovered that my heart was pausing. It paused multiple times up to 5.6 seconds. They made the emergency decision to give me a pacemaker to keep my heart beating.

After this surgery and multiple tests, they made a discovery that has brought me to this point. My cancer has begun to spread. It has metastasized into my lungs and one of my pelvic bones.

So at this point, I am dealing with multiple nodules (small metastatic growths) in various places in my body.

The good news is they are all very small (including the original one in my neck). Obviously, time is of the essence to try to destroy them.

What now?

At this point, my health is in such a state that I am unable to work. I continue to suffer with unpredictable episodes of pain and loss of function of many of my systems. Often times these episodes can last up to an hour or longer. I am having trouble swallowing as a result, along with constant headaches and nerve pain throughout my head and face. I realize that I need very specific and concentrated care.

After much consulting with doctors, specialists, and wise counsel from family and some close friends, I have decided to return to have an extended time of immunity therapy treatments where I was originally treated.

I saw tremendous results with my last treatments. My tumor shrunk by almost 75%. The problem was that we ran out of funds, as this kind of treatment is unfortunately not covered by insurance. I feel confident about this path, and I know this is what I should do. I have tremendous agreement and support from my family, and we are excited to see my body recover for good.

This is where you can help me. I am planning to do 12 straight weeks of therapy. This will give my body time to receive powerful healing and recovery, as well as much-needed rest.

The cost is very large, but I know with each person giving as they can, we can certainly meet it with no problem.

The funds will cover:

I plan to leave at the end of May and should be back home at the end of August.

It is a long journey, but I am confident and hopeful.

God is faithful, and Jesus is my rock. My trust is in Him, and I know He is working all of this for good.

I will be actively sharing updates on this page as well as Facebook.

If you would like to follow my story of faith and be a part of my new journey into the full-time commitment to share and teach God’s word, I would love for you to follow my page on

Facebook: Chris Pratt Ministries

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092742274521

YouTube: Chris Pratt Ministries

http://www.youtube.com/@ChrisPrattMinistries

I would love for you to help out and share this page with your network.

Thank you so much! This cancer is defeated!!

Love you guys.

Chris