Shaun Jacquard
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Shaun is an amazing father and husband who is now fighting for his life.
On October 3, 2018 the Jacquard family was given the devastating news that Shaun, at the young age of 38, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Synovial Sarcoma. The cancer is in his right lung and has grown into his chest cavity.
To date Shaun and his wife Monica have had to travel to Vancouver multiple times for medical appointments and he has had to do 6 cycles of inpatient chemotherapy in Vancouver, as their own community doesn’t have any oncologists or offer this inpatient treatment. Each cycle was a week long and took them away from their two children. After chemotherapy Shaun and Monica had to return to Vancouver for 5 weeks of outpatient radiation, again being away from his kids. Shaun is so close to his children and it makes things worse being away from family.
Prior to radiation, Shaun found out that surgery is not an option for treatment and he was deemed palliative, with an unknown amount of time left in his life, all dependent on how the cancer responds to treatment. Best they hope for is that any treatment at least stops the cancer from growing, shrinking it would be amazing. The chemotherapy did shrink some of the tumour, but during the wait for radiation two other nodules grew and one is now 12cm in diameter. Radiation only shrunk the targeted tumour a bit.
On July 15 Shaun found out that one of the two chemo pills he could take was denied funding. Another round of inpatient chemotherapy would give too many dangerous side effects as he isn’t as strong as he was for the first treatment. He is able to get a second chemo pill however he only has coverage for 3 months. If the pill doesn’t work then the oncologist gives him only months to live. If the pill works but he can’t afford to purchase any more because his benefits will be maximized then he is back to have months to live.
While waiting for this treatment to start, Shaun has been admitted to hospital multiple times due to extreme uncontrollable pain. His quality of life has drastically changed and he hasn’t been able to get out of the house, play with his children, or do many of the activities he use to enjoy. He is currently in hospital where they are working at finding optimal pain management for him.
The funding raised will help the family pay for Shaun’s Chemo pills which will hopefully extend his life and give him a better quality of life so he can spend it with his family. Shaun has been off work since the end of his inpatient chemotherapy treatment and Shaun’s wife Monica has been off work for over a year on her own medical leave.
Any support that can be given will be extremely appreciated by the family as they try to extend Shaun’s life.
**UPDATE** (August 1st 2019)
My cousins Wife has just informed me of some AMAZING news!
After alot of bugging and pleading and raising awareness the Pharmaceutical has agreed to pay for the pills for the remander of THIS YEAR! Which is a huge relief.
...However that being said come next year they will have to start all over a go through their insurance and hope the Pharmaceutical will cover him another year but there is no guareentee.
We just wanted to thank everyone for all your love and support through this whole journey, every share and donation is greatly appreicated.
and just a reminder that all GoFundMePage donations will continue to help my cousin Shaun and his family with any and all expenses they have over the next year as well as help them prepare for next year IF they dont get the coverage they had hoped.
so THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
On October 3, 2018 the Jacquard family was given the devastating news that Shaun, at the young age of 38, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Synovial Sarcoma. The cancer is in his right lung and has grown into his chest cavity.
To date Shaun and his wife Monica have had to travel to Vancouver multiple times for medical appointments and he has had to do 6 cycles of inpatient chemotherapy in Vancouver, as their own community doesn’t have any oncologists or offer this inpatient treatment. Each cycle was a week long and took them away from their two children. After chemotherapy Shaun and Monica had to return to Vancouver for 5 weeks of outpatient radiation, again being away from his kids. Shaun is so close to his children and it makes things worse being away from family.
Prior to radiation, Shaun found out that surgery is not an option for treatment and he was deemed palliative, with an unknown amount of time left in his life, all dependent on how the cancer responds to treatment. Best they hope for is that any treatment at least stops the cancer from growing, shrinking it would be amazing. The chemotherapy did shrink some of the tumour, but during the wait for radiation two other nodules grew and one is now 12cm in diameter. Radiation only shrunk the targeted tumour a bit.
On July 15 Shaun found out that one of the two chemo pills he could take was denied funding. Another round of inpatient chemotherapy would give too many dangerous side effects as he isn’t as strong as he was for the first treatment. He is able to get a second chemo pill however he only has coverage for 3 months. If the pill doesn’t work then the oncologist gives him only months to live. If the pill works but he can’t afford to purchase any more because his benefits will be maximized then he is back to have months to live.
While waiting for this treatment to start, Shaun has been admitted to hospital multiple times due to extreme uncontrollable pain. His quality of life has drastically changed and he hasn’t been able to get out of the house, play with his children, or do many of the activities he use to enjoy. He is currently in hospital where they are working at finding optimal pain management for him.
The funding raised will help the family pay for Shaun’s Chemo pills which will hopefully extend his life and give him a better quality of life so he can spend it with his family. Shaun has been off work since the end of his inpatient chemotherapy treatment and Shaun’s wife Monica has been off work for over a year on her own medical leave.
Any support that can be given will be extremely appreciated by the family as they try to extend Shaun’s life.
**UPDATE** (August 1st 2019)
My cousins Wife has just informed me of some AMAZING news!
After alot of bugging and pleading and raising awareness the Pharmaceutical has agreed to pay for the pills for the remander of THIS YEAR! Which is a huge relief.
...However that being said come next year they will have to start all over a go through their insurance and hope the Pharmaceutical will cover him another year but there is no guareentee.
We just wanted to thank everyone for all your love and support through this whole journey, every share and donation is greatly appreicated.
and just a reminder that all GoFundMePage donations will continue to help my cousin Shaun and his family with any and all expenses they have over the next year as well as help them prepare for next year IF they dont get the coverage they had hoped.
so THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Organizer and beneficiary
Meagan McLean
Organizer
Bewdley, ON
Monica Jacquard
Beneficiary
