Final Family Holidays with Jason
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My name is Rochelle Jackson, This is a very uncomfortable situation for me to be on this site asking for help, for donations for a Final Family holiday for myself and my new husband and our children. As we are both very proud people. I heard about this site from friends who convinced me that memories will be far more important then our pride once things get bad. So I'll start from the beginning.
I was a single mother of 3 for years, I had never been inspired to take the plunge of getting married and then, not quite 7 years ago, I met the love of my life, Jason Jackson and his amazing son. We had an instant connection and I knew very early that I wanted to Marry this man.
He has been volunteering his time for the last 12 years as a football coach. Football is his passion, so after work as a heavy duty mechanic, during football season this man would give so selflessly of his time to the kids on his team. Some days not walking through the door until 11:00 or 12:00 at night. His son no longer plays High School Football but he still volunteers to coach.
During the last 7 years we've been building our life together. We purchased a home 3 years ago (which I may have to sell) and have been spending most of our funds on landscaping and finishing. 2 and a half years ago Jason proposed, to which i enthusiastically said "YES". Then plans just kind of stayed there, We were engaged and finishing our home together, assuming we had all the time in the world to tie the knot. We were booked to go to Disneyworld in Florida November of 2013. 3 weeks before we were scheduled to leave on our trip Jason was diagnosed with Colon Cancer at the age of 40. Trip cancelled. December 2013 he underwent a 9 inch colon resection and we were very optimistic that he would make a full recovery. Mid December however more bad news. Jason's Cancer had spread to his liver. At this point they decided that a right side liver resection was in his best interest. When the surgeon got in there to resect the right side he found that there were far to many spots to complete the resection. Still optimistic our option was now limited to Chemotherapy. During the Chemo therapy we decided that we should put more emphesis on planning the wedding. This consumed most of my time and all of my money paying for the wedding. We were married September 1, 2014 in an small but amazing wedding and still optimistic for a full recovery.
Between then and now Jason has been undergoing Chemotherapy but unfortunately the cancer had mutated and he was no longer seeing results. We had another appointment on January 15th with his surgeon to again explore the possiblity of a resection. The surgeon agreed pending the results of a CAT scan. February 2nd he went in to see the surgeon for what he thought was to obtain the date of his next surgery. The Cancer had spread. The next day we went to see Jason's Oncologist. The spots on his Liver had doubled in size and number, he now has spots on his right lung, lymph nodes and his perineum. As per our discussion with the Oncologist Jason only has until the end of 2015. Needless to say we are completely devastated, We had so many plans for our years together, we wanted to travel to many places, Disney with the kids, Ireland for us, raise our children, suffer (not really) through many more football seasons together, meet Grandchildren, laugh, fight, and more importantly make up. Since the day I met Jason he has been my rock, my strength. It was so nice to not have to be so tough and show someone my vulnerable side. He is still so strong, for our family... for me. I would really love to be able to make some memories with him before we no longer have the option to do it.
Thank you to all of you who are able to help, my prayers to anyone suffering directly or indirectly at the hand of the murderer we call Cancer.
My name is Rochelle Jackson, This is a very uncomfortable situation for me to be on this site asking for help, for donations for a Final Family holiday for myself and my new husband and our children. As we are both very proud people. I heard about this site from friends who convinced me that memories will be far more important then our pride once things get bad. So I'll start from the beginning.
I was a single mother of 3 for years, I had never been inspired to take the plunge of getting married and then, not quite 7 years ago, I met the love of my life, Jason Jackson and his amazing son. We had an instant connection and I knew very early that I wanted to Marry this man.
He has been volunteering his time for the last 12 years as a football coach. Football is his passion, so after work as a heavy duty mechanic, during football season this man would give so selflessly of his time to the kids on his team. Some days not walking through the door until 11:00 or 12:00 at night. His son no longer plays High School Football but he still volunteers to coach.
During the last 7 years we've been building our life together. We purchased a home 3 years ago (which I may have to sell) and have been spending most of our funds on landscaping and finishing. 2 and a half years ago Jason proposed, to which i enthusiastically said "YES". Then plans just kind of stayed there, We were engaged and finishing our home together, assuming we had all the time in the world to tie the knot. We were booked to go to Disneyworld in Florida November of 2013. 3 weeks before we were scheduled to leave on our trip Jason was diagnosed with Colon Cancer at the age of 40. Trip cancelled. December 2013 he underwent a 9 inch colon resection and we were very optimistic that he would make a full recovery. Mid December however more bad news. Jason's Cancer had spread to his liver. At this point they decided that a right side liver resection was in his best interest. When the surgeon got in there to resect the right side he found that there were far to many spots to complete the resection. Still optimistic our option was now limited to Chemotherapy. During the Chemo therapy we decided that we should put more emphesis on planning the wedding. This consumed most of my time and all of my money paying for the wedding. We were married September 1, 2014 in an small but amazing wedding and still optimistic for a full recovery.
Between then and now Jason has been undergoing Chemotherapy but unfortunately the cancer had mutated and he was no longer seeing results. We had another appointment on January 15th with his surgeon to again explore the possiblity of a resection. The surgeon agreed pending the results of a CAT scan. February 2nd he went in to see the surgeon for what he thought was to obtain the date of his next surgery. The Cancer had spread. The next day we went to see Jason's Oncologist. The spots on his Liver had doubled in size and number, he now has spots on his right lung, lymph nodes and his perineum. As per our discussion with the Oncologist Jason only has until the end of 2015. Needless to say we are completely devastated, We had so many plans for our years together, we wanted to travel to many places, Disney with the kids, Ireland for us, raise our children, suffer (not really) through many more football seasons together, meet Grandchildren, laugh, fight, and more importantly make up. Since the day I met Jason he has been my rock, my strength. It was so nice to not have to be so tough and show someone my vulnerable side. He is still so strong, for our family... for me. I would really love to be able to make some memories with him before we no longer have the option to do it.
Thank you to all of you who are able to help, my prayers to anyone suffering directly or indirectly at the hand of the murderer we call Cancer.
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Rochelle Jackson
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Duffield, AB