
Help Mike and his family fight against Leukemia
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Hi, my name is Carly Ihnat and I’m fundraising for my dad, Mike Ihnat. My dad was recently diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) on October 14th, 2023. In September, he lost his job and flew from New Jersey to California to visit his three kids. At the time, he noticed his heart rapidly beating. The symptoms worsened quickly to the point where he fell to his knees while walking and was rushed to the Cedar Sinai emergency room where the AML diagnosis was given, completely flipping his world along with his family’s world upside down from 3,000 miles away from home.
My dad has been in and out of Cedar’s Sinai in Los Angeles, CA for the past 2 months with an immense amount of love and support from his family. The doctors quickly began in-patient chemotherapy treatment and he stayed in the hospital for roughly a month with in-patient care. He was released for outpatient treatments after his first long stay and ended up back at the ER shortly after where he suffered from aphasia and a seizure in addition to AML. If things go as planned, he will receive my brother’s stem cells and undergo a stem cell transplant, with another 30 days in the hospital.
The medical expenses that come with the AML diagnosis and treatment plan are extremely costly, especially as he lost his job just two weeks before receiving this news. My mom, Terry has dropped everything else in her life to move across the country to support her husband and our family in this fight. With a new apartment, endless hospital bills and no money coming in, you can imagine the stress and heart ache that my parents are enduring. Any donation is greatly appreciated, this is just the beginning of a very long, difficult journey.
Despite the challenges ahead of him, my dad continues to stay positive and refuses to say the word ‘can’t’ because he knows there is always a way to get through anything. Anyone who knows him knows he is the strongest, most supportive man in the world who has sacrificed so much for his wife and three kids. He has provided everything for us his entire life and now it’s time for us to provide everything we can for him. All we want is to get him back on the water, catching fish where he belongs.
Thank you in advance for your support, love, and prayers!!
Organizer and beneficiary
Carly Ihnat
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
Terry Ihnat
Beneficiary