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Miracles for Matt’s Osteosarcoma battle

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I am starting this go fund me page for Matt Liebel. . So many people have asked “if you need anything”, “just ask” …. I’m asking!

Matt (55) is a husband, father and a grandfather. He is the most loyal, dedicated and hardworking person I’ve ever met. He is honest and will never tell anybody he can’t help them. He will always find a way to help. Now it is Matt’s turn to ask for help.
It was always Matt’s dream to open a motorcycle shop. In December 2019 we made that dream come true. Matt and I run the business by ourselves, he was the mechanic and I ran the office and sales.

On September 16, 2022, Matt fell in front of our shop in Lake Alfred (LA Cycles). He was rushed by ambulance to the ER at Winter Haven Hospital. Matt thought he just dislocated his hip when in actuality, his right hip broke due to some unknown pathology. We were told it was some type of cancer… We were devastated, our whole world was just turned upside down and inside out.

We spent the next several weeks undergoing numerous tests, scans, biopsies, a surgery to stabilize the hip and a waiting game for a diagnosis. After an agonizing 8 weeks and two different facilities the biopsy results still came back inconclusive.
On October 27th Matt’s hip broke again by simply sliding his legs into bed. Which led us to the Tampa General Hospital Emergency Room and Drs. Victoria Rizk and David Joyce.
There we were able to do another biopsy and finally receive a diagnosis of high-grade osteosarcoma.
Osteosarcoma is a rare type of bone cancer with only 1000 new cases each year in the USA. It is most often found in children and adolescents with less than 1% of new cases being found in adults.
Matt started chemo treatments within a few days of getting the diagnosis, still awaiting a major surgery to remove the sarcoma and rebuild his hip and pelvis. The doctors have prepared us for a possible amputation (hemipelvectomy), but we are hopeful they can save his leg.
It’s going to be a long road,
So please, first and foremost pray for Matt and I to have the strength to fight. With hospital stays and treatment also comes bills. If you are able to contribute monetarily on top of your prayers, please do. We need your help with medical bills as our income has stopped with the shop closed during this time.
We have hope for a better tomorrow.
Every little bit helps.
Thanks in advance.
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Donations 

  • Anonymous
    • $30 
    • 1 mo
  • Barbara Gay
    • $200 
    • 2 mos
  • Martin Ehlers
    • $100 
    • 3 mos
  • Jim Freyre
    • $200 
    • 8 mos
  • DEBORAH MORRILL
    • $30 
    • 8 mos
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Kaye Liebel
Organizer
Kissimmee, FL

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