Hello,

My name is Summer Holcomb. My autistic brother, Jamison Kennedy, has received a devastating diagnosis of testicular cancer. Here is his story:

On April 23rd, Jamison and I went to a concert, and after the concert, Jamison began complaining of back pain. While at the concert, Jamison tripped while going up some stairs, so this led us to believe that maybe he had jarred his back or caused a pulled muscle. We began treating his symptoms with over-the-counter medications. Jamison continued to decline and was at the point where he could not sit without pain. With that being said, we decided to take him to a neurosurgeon to be evaluated. The neurosurgeon agreed that it was a pulled muscle and prescribed some physical therapy and medications. After approximately three visits to physical therapy, we continued to see an increase in Jamison's pain, and his ability to do day-to-day activities was declining. We referred back to the neurosurgeon, and he ordered an MRI. After the MRI came back, the neurosurgeon called to deliver the news that he did not believe that this was an issue with Jamison's back but that he was showing signs of cancer in his lymph nodes. The neurosurgeon referred us to an oncologist. The first oncologist called us and advised that he would like for us to come in the next day.

Upon meeting with the first oncologist, he advised that after reviewing all of Jamison's scans, he did not believe Jamison had cancer but that he would do some further testing to rule it out. The oncologist ordered a CT scan and some lab work. Unfortunately, these results came back bad. The CT scan revealed that there was cancer within the lymph nodes. The first oncologist came in and stated that Jamison did have cancer and that he would order a biopsy and left us with so many questions that were unanswered.

Due to this, I decided that I wanted to get Jamison into another oncologist for another opinion. I immediately started researching cancer institutes in the state of Georgia. I was directed to Winship Emory. Due to the changing of facilities and doctors, we started the whole process of diagnosing Jamison all over again.

Once getting into Emory Winship and meeting with the second oncologist, she stated that she did not want to diagnose Jamison without even further testing. This is when the PET scan was ordered. After the PET scan, the oncologist felt more inclined to diagnose Jamison with Lymphoma cancer. The oncologist stated that the next step would be to have a biopsy done on the lymph nodes to get a better idea of the cancer cells that were affecting his lymph nodes. Yet another procedure. After the biopsy was completed, the testing revealed that he did not, in fact, have Lymphoma but that he did have cancerous cells. Once again, we were left with the unknown. The oncologist stated that the cancerous cells that were found within the lymph nodes were leading more towards testicular cancer and that she wanted to run some labs to confirm this. After the labs came back, we finally had an official diagnosis of testicular cancer. The oncologist advised that the next step was to get an ultrasound of his testicles to rule out any tumors. Yet again, another procedure. The first time we received any good news since the beginning of this... Jamison does not have any tumors within his testicles. This ruled out any possible need for surgery!!

The next step was to get into an oncologist that specifically handles testicular cancer and the treatment for it. On 07/09/2025, we were finally able to receive a doctor that was going to treat Jamison and provide him with full details about his diagnosis of cancer, the third and final oncologist. On this day, the doctor provided the diagnosis of seminoma testicular cancer. This type of cancer is a form that is very aggressive in growth but is very reactive to chemotherapy. The oncologist provided Jamison's treatment plans, which include a chemotherapy called "BEP." Jamison will have to undergo four cycles. One cycle consists of the first week being five treatments, Monday through Friday, with 7-hour long infusion times. The second and third weeks will be only one day, with 2-hour long infusion times. Then he will repeat this for three more cycles.

With this being said, Jamison has been out of work since May 5th while attempting to diagnose and establish a treatment plan and will be missing work for an unknown amount of time. My mother, Nancy Kennedy, will also be out of work during his treatment times. This places a huge financial burden on them due to the loss of income from two people within the household. During the 5-day week chemo infusions, the doctor is concerned about Jamison's health traveling back and forth to Emory Midtown every day after the long, extensive treatments that he will be receiving.

With the help of the community, we are looking to help ease the loss of income and place Jamison and Nancy in an apartment or hotel for the 5-day span of treatments.

Any donations are greatly appreciated and will allow Nancy to focus on the health and well-being of Jamison and not the financial burden that this is causing.

Please continue to pray as we navigate this journey of healing Jamison.