When life comes at you fast, boy does it come! This last month and a half has been pretty tough for our family. My wife, Britt was diagnosed with stage 3c triple negative breast cancer. She started chemotherapy immediately after the diagnosis, due to the aggressive nature of this cancer. She has a very long road ahead of her with many unknowns.

We are overwhelmed in every aspect of life right now and would greatly appreciate the support of our community, near and far.

We are raising funds to help pay for medical bills and other medical related services that have started to pile up as well as helping with missed days of work to go to treatment.

Hey everyone, I want to share an update with everyone on where Britt is at with her ongoing battle with cancer. This is long overdue and I apologize for the long delay of an update!

When you hear the word cancer, you think of a fight. But what you don’t see is how isolating that fight becomes — how it strips away every piece of a person, a normal life, how it makes even the simplest things harder, how it asks for more than anyone should ever have to give.

Britt has been giving her whole life. She’s been a teacher — someone who poured into her students with patience, creativity, and love. She’s been the friend who bent over backwards for people who drifted in and out of her life, who gave her time, her heart, her support without asking for anything in return. She’s been the mother who shows up for her two little girls every single day, even when her own body is breaking down.

At the end of April, Britt's disease was "almost resolved" and the title of NED (No Evidence of Disease) seemed like a slam dunk. However, within 4 short weeks, Britt had her second recurrence. At this point, our family decided that Britt's needed to put 100% of her focus on this fight. Therefore, she put aside her 20 year career this spring. She tried 3 different chemotherapies over the next 8 weeks in hopes of gaining control. It quickly became clear that she needed to pivot to start clinical trials. This was an immense risk - she had to stop all treatment to become eligible. We felt it was the best course of action. She entered the Ava6000 clinical trial the first week of July. By mid-August, it was clear that Ava was not doing its job.

Britt being who she is, had a backup plan in place: while waiting to see if Ava was working, she demanded another biopsy in hopes of it coming back with a HER2 expression. If it came back positive, she would be eligible for Enhertu which is an extremely promising drug in cases like Britt's (triple negative with low HER2 expression). We quickly moved away from Ava and started the set up for the new chemo.

Unfortunately, we have learned that in the time the Ava was not working, the cancer had spread to her lungs, bones, and brain. She is now considered terminal, stage 4.

If the Enhertu drug does not prevent further metastasis, Britt will be going to California for additional clinical trials.

Though we are in a tailspin, Britt is determined through sheer grit to extend her life in any way possible and remains hopeful. She is fighting with everything she has, but the truth is, it’s taking her ability to work, to provide, to breathe without fear. She deserves relief. She deserves peace. She deserves to focus on her girls, her family, her life — not on whether the bills will pile up higher than she can bear.

Right now, our family is hurting in every direction. We’re trying to raise two little girls while navigating treatments that take everything Britt has left to give. And it is terrifying. Britt deserves more than this. She deserves to keep living, to keep fighting without the crushing weight of financial fear.

Britt is brave even when she feels broken. She is funny and quick-witted even in the middle of fear. She has a heart that still notices the small joys — her girls’ laughter, a horse’s breath, the smell of rain — even when the weight of cancer is pressing down. She is someone who loves deeply and fiercely, who has always given more than she’s had, who believes in the good in people even when the world hasn’t always been good to her.

We want to pause and say thank you. Every single donation, share, and message of encouragement has meant more to us than words can capture. Each time someone gives, it’s not just money — it’s hope, it’s love, it’s a reminder that we’re not walking this road alone.

We’ve been brought to tears more than once by the generosity and kindness that has shown up here. Please know that every gift, big or small, has lifted a weight from our shoulders and helped us breathe a little easier in the middle of this fight.

From the bottom of our hearts — thank you for standing with Britt and our family

Any donation received goes towards groceries, living expenses, and treatment. Britt would also like donations to go towards her girls' futures.