On January 22, 2024 while in the pickup line to get his granddaughter from school Tim sneezed….and our lives were forever changed. That seemingly innocent sneeze caused him to be rushed to the ER and just a few agonizing hours later we were told that his pelvis was fractured due to metastatic liver cancer. None of which we had any clue. Four days later the oncologist stepped in the hospital room and told us he had a very rare, very aggressive, and unfortunately terminal cancer. Cholangiocarcinoma. It was in the liver, lungs, pelvis, spine, and femur. They gave my sweet Daddy 6 months to live, at best. Despite three pathology reviews and two genomic testings we refused to believe those odds….and we were not wrong. Through two surgeries, fifteen rounds of radiation, and sixteen chemo (cisplatin/gemzar) and immunotherapy (imfinzi) infusions (which most people don’t make it through) my Daddy has just a sliver of cancer left on the liver. The PET scan showed nothing further on the pelvis, femur, spine, or the lungs. No one has ever gone into remission with this type of cancer (as metastatic) and his oncology team is amazed by his strength and our family’s determination. In hopes of hitting remission he must go through four more rounds of gemzar and imfinzi (at minimum). As we headed into what we hoped was the last chapter of this journey we shockingly received a personal phone call from the oncologist just a day before infusion. Insurance had denied paying for any further treatment outside of imfinzi. Despite the oncologist having peer to peer reviews, the insurance company has deemed it as “not part of the protocol”. They are correct. It isn’t part of the protocol because no one (that we have found) has made it this far. Through the genomic testing it was found that imfinzi alone will not work for him and it is imperative that he receive gemzar as well. (We are only assuming it is because of his autoimmune disease.) So now we are forced to be self-pay or stop treatment. As you can likely tell….stopping treatment is not and will not be an option for our family. Unfortunately, whether I work 7 days a week from now until forever or not we will not have enough money to pre-pay at the beginning of every appointment. We know that times are tough for everyone in today’s economy so please do not feel obligated to give. However, if all you are able to donate is $1 our family would be forever grateful. Please, above all else, say a prayer for the total healing of my precious Daddy.