Cody, my brother-in-law, is bravely facing his second battle with tongue cancer. In 2024, he underwent a grueling journey—removing 25% of his tongue, enduring 33 rounds of radiation, and 6 chemo treatments. After all that, he was cancer-free. Sadly, almost exactly two years later, the cancer returned to his tongue, this time more aggressive and with a larger tumor. While his local doctors worked on a plan, Cody began immunotherapy to try and reduce the tumor. The therapy helped, but his team decided he needed the best care possible, so he was sent to Stanford. Stanford acted quickly, and Cody had his first surgery on March 10th. This surgery removed the tumor and required reconstructive surgery, using skin and an artery from his left thigh, entering through the right side of his neck. This resulted in 52 stitches in his thigh and 17 in his neck, and also required a tracheotomy. After a week in the hospital, Cody was discharged and sent home. Becky, his wife, cared for him, but soon noticed the skin flap on his tongue wasn’t healing right. After meeting with the Stanford team, they determined part of the surgery needed to be redone. Cody’s next reconstructive surgery was on March 30th, just 20 days after the first. This time, they took the skin flap from his right wrist and used skin from his right thigh to cover the wrist, entering on the left side of his neck to tie the skin into an artery. Cody was discharged on Easter Sunday and has been healing at home. Everything seems to be healing well, and he is currently cancer-free, but won’t know for sure until he gets scanned in three months. Unfortunately, all these surgeries, trips back and forth to Stanford (a 3.5-hour drive each way), hotel stays, and days of work missed for Becky have added up. The financial strain is overwhelming, and they are doing their best to stay positive.