April 2nd 2021: “I had my physical and have a damn lump in my neck the Dr. wants me to get checked.” 

That’s how this all started. 

Those of you reading this either know Kevin Baker personally, through friends/family, have heard of him through his amazing father Dan Baker (who one day I know I will have the pleasure of meeting) or have stumbled across this page from a friend of a friend that knows this amazing human and his family.

That’s what brought you to this page.  

If you are one of the lucky that know him personally then you know how witty and cocky of a guy he is.  (Man can he be cocky - and that’s why we all love him.) You also know of the amazing father, husband and the truly loyal friend he is.  To me - he is my brother. Not by birth - but from anotha motha.  

April 2nd was just another day.  A Friday.  A day for getting together with friends and family to celebrate the weekend.  A day that just happened to be the annoying annual physical that Kevin had to go to.

 “Have you ever felt this lump in your neck before?” The Dr. casually asked Kevin.  “Not really” he replied.  

After that comes a whirlwind of doctor appointments, blood work, MRI’s, cat scans, googling,  a surgery and nerves that no one would have ever expected.

Thyroid cancer.

Long story short, Kevin had his full thyroid removed on Thursday, June 10th by a specialist in Grafton along with 7 lymph nodes located directly behind the thyroid.  They would send the lymph nodes off to pathology.

The call came to Kevin on Tuesday, June 15th - the cancer spread to the lymph nodes.  1 in 7 came back cancerous. 

Now it’s metastatic thyroid cancer.

Remember when I mentioned all of the MRI’s, cat scans, blood work and doctor appointments?  Now it’s a whole new level of each.  A whole new beginning.  

Kevin hasn’t skipped a beat during all of this. All of this while being the fun dad, caring husband and cocky funny guy everyone knows and loves.    All of this while helping his wife, Lauren, my bestest friend in the entire world, deal with her own health issues of being diagnosed with MS two years ago at age 34 and undergoing continuous treatments of her own.  All of this while trying to raise their own 4 beautiful humans and deal with what life throws at them.

Why?!

Because he’s a Baker.  He’s Kevin Baker.  

Need I say more?  

Needless to say, even with great insurance, the medical bills are PILING in.  (Literally piling in and it’s only the beginning.)  Kevin has never asked for anything from anyone nor would he.  

I’ve created this GoFundMe just for that reason. To help in ANY possible way we can.  To help alleviate financial stress while having to deal with health issues. To help show we care.  To help show we support.  To help say F*!K cancer and while we are at it, F*!K MS too.

More will be shared as soon as more is known.  But for now - if you pray - then pray. If you hope - then hope. And if you can donate - please do. Literally anything helps.  And if you do anything at all - cherish your loved ones.   

As Kevin’s dad Dan Baker would say -  All it takes - is all you’ve got. 

Thank you for reading.  Thank you for sharing.

Love ya Kevy!

❤️Kari