<div>2026
</div>
<div>This is the original fundraiser for D. Foy. To make donations, please visit the new one:
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><a href="https://gofund.me/c74928f26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://gofund.me/c74928f26" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://gofund.me/c74928f26</a></a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>2023</strong>
</div>
<div><strong>HELP D. FOY CRUSH BONE MARROW CANCER WILL BE COMING TO A CLOSE. </strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>This is the final time we'll set a new fundraising goal. And our final major update is posted below.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>What--truly what--would we do without you?
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>(For those of you who want to read our whole story, click “more” below.)
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Boundless love and gratitude.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>HELP D. FOY CRUSH BONE MARROW IS ENTERING ITS FINAL PHASE!</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>D was diagnosed with late-stage Multiple Myeloma exactly a year ago.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Last Thursday we received the news we've been waiting for since then.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The fundraiser continues. An update with more details is posted below.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>In the meantime, thank you, dear every single one of you.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>xoxoxoxxo and all love
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>HELP D. FOY CRUSH BONE MARROW CANCER IS STARTING ITS NEXT PHASE as D enters his next phase of treatment. </strong>Our original story is below. Now D is about to have a bone marrow transplant. It’s very hard to ask, but he needs your help more than ever. 
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>THE EMERGENCY </strong>
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div><strong>January 6, 2022.</strong>
</div>
<div><strong>A devastating thing has happened. My sweetheart, David Foy O’Brien—many of you know him as “D”—has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma: cancer of the bone marrow. There are three stages of this incurable disease. D is hovering between stages two and three.</strong>
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div><strong>D has always made his way with nothing but tenacity and grit. He doesn’t know what it means to give up. <em>But now he needs your help.</em></strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We are still in shock. Even so, we’ve suspected for years that something was terribly wrong. Since 2015, D has had nine major surgeries. He has had deep vein thrombosis, multiple attacks of kidney stones, degenerative disc disease, nerve damage, hypertension, and chronic fatigue. He parented Beckett, now nine years old, alongside me through the pandemic, feeling worse and worse every day without an answer why. If it weren’t for the hematologist who diagnosed him by chance, we still wouldn’t know. Thankfully, D has landed in the capable hands of multiple myeloma specialists at Mt. Sinai. They believe he has had this disease for a decade and that the above afflictions—which he was told, over and over, were unconnected—are likely related to this cancer.
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div><strong>Sixty percent of D’s bone marrow is malignant. The myeloma has eaten holes into his pelvis, ribs, vertebrae, and skull. A brain scan has also revealed that he has recently suffered a stroke.</strong>
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div>D has begun receiving intensive weekly treatments that fight the cancer and radically suppress his immune system. These will continue for around five months. Then he will undergo an immunotherapy procedure that will require him to live in a sterile hospital room for several weeks. The recovery time from that therapy is two to three months. After that, the skeletal areas with larger lesions may require surgery to reinforce them with metal fixtures.
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div><strong>Getting COVID could kill D. An infection could also be fatal or derail his treatment. Another stroke would be catastrophic. All through the treatments and for some time beyond we will need to keep him safe from both pathogens and stress.</strong>
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div><strong>In the best-case scenario, it will be summer of 2023 before D can truly return to regular life.</strong>
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div> 
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/62347341_1641350561510281_r." width="100%" />
<div> 
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div> 
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/62347341_1641350736197881_r." width="100%" />
<div> 
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div><strong>THE COSTS</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The expenses of being in treatment for advanced systemic cancer are <em>huge</em>.
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div>The expenses of being in treatment for advanced systemic cancer in a pandemic are <em>astounding</em>.
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div>Add a 4th-grader and a partner to the mix, and the expenses are <em>astronomic</em>.
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div><strong><em>I am asking for your help now because we can’t get through this without you. Please </em>help save D’s life<em>.</em></strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div><strong>D can’t work. </strong>Expenses are mounting daily. We have lost half our income. My contingent faculty salary doesn’t begin to cover our essential expenses. We don’t have a cushion.
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div>Your donations will prevent the bottom from falling out of our family’s life. They will help to ensure that our basic costs of living are covered, that D is safe and able to receive his medical care, and that I also have a support system to stay strong for the long haul.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We are both incredibly private people. To ask for help publicly has been a hard step to take. But here we are. 
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div>Our gratitude is immense. We aren’t taking anything for granted. 
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div><strong>THE WAYS YOU CAN HELP</strong>
</div>
<ul>
<li>Donate to this GoFundMe Campaign. Any amount, small or large, will make a difference and be appreciated.
</li>
<li>If our story resonates, and you feel comfortable, please share this campaign widely, across all of your social media, in your newsletter if you have one, by email, word of mouth—anywhere! If you know one or both of us personally, or are a fan of D’s writing, or have personal experience with multiple myeloma, a statement or even a brief video about our situation would be amazingly helpful. Again, our gratitude is real and deep.
</li>
</ul>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Multiple Myeloma is no longer a death sentence. Treatments are advancing all the time, There are miraculous new therapies. D's doctors tell us that under the right conditions and with the right strategy, he has a good chance at long-lasting remission and a good life</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>********
</div>
<div>I spent the first three weeks after D’s diagnosis flailing internally and crying in the living room at night while D was sleeping. I didn’t want him to hear me breaking down. One night he woke up and found me curled on the couch in the dark. He sat on the floor with his serene face next to my wet one, and he reminded me that we will get through this together. He was right, of course. We will get through this together.
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div>I’m lucky enough to have our friends Amanda Stern, Matthew Binder, and Anderson Berry on the team. And D is getting extra help, as always, from his friend Bill W.
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div>With love, hope, and gratitude,
</div>
<div>Nelly
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div> 
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/62347341_1641352721232212_r." width="100%" />
<div> 
</div><img alt="62347341_1641403085832615_r.jpeg" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/62347341_1641403085832615_r.jpeg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="62347341_1641667873707974_r.jpeg" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/62347341_1641667873707974_r.jpeg" width="100%" />

Will Weems

Anonymous

Nancy Ledy-Gurren

Sorenna Chen

Amanda Naughton

Madison Rosandich

Henry Dunow

John Vineyard

Kurt Baumeister

Elizabeth McKenzie

Leslie Caborn

courtney Zoffness

Amelia Kahaney

Jennifer Almquist

Joshua Muldavin

Alicia Schaeffer

D. Foy's archived fundraiser. Donations at the new one. ❤️

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Enter your donation forD. Foy's archived fundraiser. Donations at the new one. ❤️