My husband, Mark Collins, is being brought home today with hospice care. Stage 4 cancer has turned our lives upside down. It started in April of 2024 with a simple tooth extraction. After months of being in pain, we were told he had a massive infection and was hospitalized. Skipping over the back and forth to the hospital and surgeries to debride his jaw bone, they threw their hands up and sent him to UCD, who immediately did a biopsy. Five days later, on our youngest son's 16th birthday, we were told it's cancer. On March 24, 2025, they did a major surgery—17 hours, lost lots of blood, almost died. Twelve days in ICU, five more in a regular hospital bed, he finally came home. He did five rounds of chemo and 33 rounds of radiation. Just before the 3-month PET scan, they found more cancer. During the time the doctors were coming up with a plan and sent him to his first chemo (immunotherapy), Mark became extremely confused due to the cancer eating at his bones and releasing the calcium into his blood, which could have killed him. He was again admitted to the hospital. He was there four days when he stopped breathing in front of me. The rapid response team saved him. He was sent to the ICU again. After a couple of days in the ICU, they took the breathing tube out, and 24 hours later, he stopped breathing again, and his heart stopped. They saved him again with chest compressions and a breathing tube. After several more days, they did a trach surgery. Unfortunately, they told us that the cancer is aggressive and growing rapidly, so as of today, Mark is coming home on hospice, and it's just a matter of time before we will lose him. I've had so much loss in my life, most of it sudden, and the uncertainty of final arrangements is not something that our family can endure. This man and I met at 15/17 years old. We have been married 26 years, and in January, if he makes it, we will be together for 31 years. Our children and my life have been completely ripped apart knowing we will lose our husband/best friend/dad. We are completely devastated, and we need help to pay in advance for my husband's final arrangements. If you find it in your heart to help our family, we greatly appreciate you.