Support Cooper's Fight Against Leukemia

*update from mom, Lauren Steadman, 6/30/25- "Not the update I’d like to be giving this morning. Cooper’s cancer is back again. We were so hopeful that this last treatment would be the answer to our prayers. He was looking so good. Happy, playful, eating. This weekend he took a turn for the worse. We will have a bone marrow aspiration today to see just how packed his marrow is with cancer.

Last friday, the drs came in to tell us the cancer had returned and that most hospitals would have stopped treatment by now. Since Cooper still looked so good at this point, we asked them to come up with another plan. They came back with a chemo regimen that would be so harsh on his little body, we aren’t sure he’d make it through, much less be able to make through a transplant after. What’s the point of being in remission if he’d be suffering still.

After much research, and following in the footsteps of a few other friends with this same aggressive disease, we’ve decide to give CAR T therapy another try. Only this time in Rome Italy. The difference in this therapy is that they would use either Coopers own T cells (unlikely since they are covered in cancer) or his genetic perfect match cells, Adelyn. The benefit of this is that his body wouldn’t be spending time fighting off the foreign cells that were trying to fight his cancer. His body would recognize them as his own. They would take her cells, modify them to fight his cancer, and infuse them into Cooper. All with the same hope. To get rid of this cancer.

We are terrified. This is the closest we’ve felt that we might lose our Cooper. He’s been so brave through this whole battle. This is the last treatment though. If this does not work, we will bring him home to live out the rest of his life comfortably. We refuse to sacrifice his quality of life to selfishly have more time.

We need your help. We need prayers harder and more frequent than any you’ve ever prayed. We also need financial assistance. We are extremely grateful for what has been raised so far for our family, but it’s not enough. This will cost an astronomical amount. Not to mention all up front. We’ve been told somewhere in the $300,000 range not including flights, stay, food. This is not a vacation this is a last ditch effort to save our son.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. God is still good and we trust His plan for us."

Hello everyone! My name is Kendra but some of my favorite people call me KK. I am a mom of 2 and an aunt to 5 kiddos-4 girls and 1 very special two year old little boy, Cooper.

This fundraiser is to benefit Brett and Lauren Steadman on behalf of their son, Cooper Steadman. My sister and her husband are the first to help others and the last to ever ask for help, which is why I decided to make this account for them.

This past week our worlds were rocked when Cooper was taken into the urgent care thinking maybe he had the flu. Instead, we discovered he has pneumonia and Leukemia.

This new journey is going to be a long road of doctor visits and chemo which means mom and dad will be missing extended periods of work to be with him.

If you aren't financially able to help, I know prayers would mean the world to them as well.

We can't thank you enough for your support!

#CooperStrong