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I'm Colin. You may know me... you may not. That really isn't very important. What is important is the following information:
My 5 year old daughter, Alex, was recently diagnosed with 'B cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia'.
Most of the time it feels like I can't breathe... and it's scary, and I feel helpless. It's horrible to watch as someone who is so special, and smart, and beautiful, and strong go through something that causes such fear, devistation, and pain.
Whats worse is that my younger brother just spent the last 8 months battling T-Cell Leukemia and I have witnessed first hand the horrors that this devastating cancer and also treatment can do to destroy her little body.
What's worse is that my brother just went through the same thing, only with T-Cell... which is even .
The reality that my daughter is going to have to fight through the same treatment that nearly destroyed my brother is staggering... The reality that she might understand that the same journey lies ahead for her is devastating.
My wife and I don't know what financial struggles lie ahead, but we know that we probably don't have what it takes. I work a full time job, my wife is almost 7 months pregnant (which brings it's own set of challenges), we have amazing families who will be as supportive as possible, but at the end of the day things are going to be hard. People burn out... bills don't pay themselves... relations strain... and I just want my baby to live. Not just to be alive... but to really live.
We have done our best to estimate what it is going to cost, daily, for the basic necesseties involved alongside her hospital care. Some of these expenses include
- Meals (we hope to tailor Alex's diet to be supportive of many of the vitamins and minerals that the chemotherapy will strip from her body)
- Extra travel expenses such as gasoline for the multiple trips to and from the hospital
- Vitamin supplements, again to replenish some of the necessary components to withstand both the cancer, and the chemo
- Miscellaneous expenses such as pajamas & socks to keep Alex comfortable while spending an initial 4 weeks in the hospital. Coloring books, school workbooks/activity workbooks, crayons, soap, toiletries, laundry detergent, etc.
I'm not someone who is ever eager to accept help from others. Growing up with little of anything rooted a deep desire in me to become sucessfully self sufficient. I have worked long and hard to get to a point in life where I could finally provide for my family without needing help from anyone else, and it's not easy to admit that I can no longer do that.
My struggle is not yours. You owe me nothing, nor do I you... but if you have the desire to help another person, my daughter is in need. She is innocent and kind, and so special... and she has life to live.
If you decide to give toward her livelihood, we would be grateful forever. ...Like I said before; we want our baby to live.
My 5 year old daughter, Alex, was recently diagnosed with 'B cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia'.
Most of the time it feels like I can't breathe... and it's scary, and I feel helpless. It's horrible to watch as someone who is so special, and smart, and beautiful, and strong go through something that causes such fear, devistation, and pain.
Whats worse is that my younger brother just spent the last 8 months battling T-Cell Leukemia and I have witnessed first hand the horrors that this devastating cancer and also treatment can do to destroy her little body.
What's worse is that my brother just went through the same thing, only with T-Cell... which is even .
The reality that my daughter is going to have to fight through the same treatment that nearly destroyed my brother is staggering... The reality that she might understand that the same journey lies ahead for her is devastating.
My wife and I don't know what financial struggles lie ahead, but we know that we probably don't have what it takes. I work a full time job, my wife is almost 7 months pregnant (which brings it's own set of challenges), we have amazing families who will be as supportive as possible, but at the end of the day things are going to be hard. People burn out... bills don't pay themselves... relations strain... and I just want my baby to live. Not just to be alive... but to really live.
We have done our best to estimate what it is going to cost, daily, for the basic necesseties involved alongside her hospital care. Some of these expenses include
- Meals (we hope to tailor Alex's diet to be supportive of many of the vitamins and minerals that the chemotherapy will strip from her body)
- Extra travel expenses such as gasoline for the multiple trips to and from the hospital
- Vitamin supplements, again to replenish some of the necessary components to withstand both the cancer, and the chemo
- Miscellaneous expenses such as pajamas & socks to keep Alex comfortable while spending an initial 4 weeks in the hospital. Coloring books, school workbooks/activity workbooks, crayons, soap, toiletries, laundry detergent, etc.
I'm not someone who is ever eager to accept help from others. Growing up with little of anything rooted a deep desire in me to become sucessfully self sufficient. I have worked long and hard to get to a point in life where I could finally provide for my family without needing help from anyone else, and it's not easy to admit that I can no longer do that.
My struggle is not yours. You owe me nothing, nor do I you... but if you have the desire to help another person, my daughter is in need. She is innocent and kind, and so special... and she has life to live.
If you decide to give toward her livelihood, we would be grateful forever. ...Like I said before; we want our baby to live.