Max Francois AKA T-Bear’s Children

Please support the children of Max Francois AKA T-Bear in this tragic loss. Chalange, age 20, Maxie, age 19, and Max Jr., age 17, are mourning the loss of their father Max.

In February of 2020, he was diagnosed with a rare cancer called Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (ATLL.) After undergoing two trial treatments and a stem cell transplant donated from his oldest daughter, Chalange, he lost his four year long war with this rare debilitating cancer. One of the two treatments had Max stay in the National Institute of Health in Washington D.C for six weeks, hundreds of miles away from his family. In March of 2021, he battled Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD), a life threatening complication of stem cell transplantation. And In June of 2021, he contracted pneumonia and once again beat the odds and healed from the pneumonia.

In October of 2022, the cancer returned and his battle intensified. He spent his days in and out of the hospital until this last fight in October of 2023. He endured pneumonia again, rhinovirus, a hole in his large intestine, sepsis, and cancer everywhere in his body which ultimately took Max at the young age of 46 just before his birthday on Halloween.

What made Max a unique patient to his medical team was how through all of these years his smile never faded. He was the happiest man in the whole hospital. He was always trying to make everyone laugh and was worried about his loved ones instead of his own condition. Max’s mantra and the words he always lived by were, “With God all things are possible.”

This Go Fund Me is to provide his three beautiful children financial support for their future without him. All donations and help is appreciated. Thank you for reading and for your love and support during this terribly difficult time.