Chad Sellers is a wonderful husband, father, son, uncle, friend and former volunteer youth coach for the Lakewood school district. On August 22, 2022, he was admitted to the hospital for what he thought was Covid. While doing tests, they found that he had a blood infection. While trying to locate where the infection was coming from, they found two tumors on his liver. After a series of more testing, he and his wife heard that dreaded “C” word. At the young age of 41, Chad had cancer! Six years ago, when he was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis due to hereditary hemochromatosis, they knew cancer was possible but never imagined it would be this soon. He had been doing everything his doctors asked of him, so everyone thought he was in a good place. Since his diagnosis, their world started crumbling down around them.

Fast forward to September 19, 2022, Chad went to the hospital, not feeling well. It turned out he had quite a bit of fluid on his belly, creating another infection. After further labs, testing and imaging, it was determined that his cancer had grown. They decided he could not yet undergo treatment. The Sellers left the hospital on Friday, September 23, 2022, with the likelihood that treatment wouldn’t be an option. They were not ok with this.

Since then, they’ve met with a doctor at the Zangmeister Cancer Center, and they gave them a glimmer of hope. We need his liver numbers to come down for treatment to start. Chad and Summer are also meeting with a team of doctors next week for what hopefully will be a new treatment plan.

Just three weeks before Chad was diagnosed, he started a new job. He had no benefits or short-term/long-term disability with this new company. After the second hospital visit, the doctors told him he could no longer work due to his condition and the risk to his health. With Chad unable to work, they are down to one income. Unfortunately, they now have the added expense of purchasing COBRA at $600/month to cover Chad and the insurance they already incur for the rest of the family. Along with prescription costs, office co-pays, etc., also present unplanned additional expenses needed to treat chronic issues. All that being said - they need your help and support. They are not usually the people that ask for help, so we’re doing it for them. Donations will help them focus on their family and Chad’s treatment and healing. We want Chad to be around to continue being the best husband, dad, son, uncle, friend and volunteer coach he can be.

We appreciate any donation you can give, no matter how small you may think it is. We also ask that you pray for the Sellers family. Pray that his numbers cooperate by getting lower and he has the chance to fight. He wants that chance. We know God has a plan and a reason for everything, and we are praying harder than we ever have that he gets the opportunity to fight this. We appreciate everyone’s love and support!

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