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Support Jose Villanueva's Cancer Battle

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Hello! For those who do not know me, I am Ana Villanueva and my brothers and I have created this GoFundMe on behalf of our daddy, Jose Villanueva.

For the last 7 months, our family has been quietly fighting a battle we never thought we would have to. On January 15, our lives changed, our dad was going to a routine procedure and I expected to take him home after with no news as good news. But instead, I walked into his room with his Doctor and was told, "It looks like your dad has cancer." There are no words to clearly explain what I was feeling at that moment but what I did know was we needed to figure out how we were going to fight this. The next thing I did was take my dad home and gather the family to break the news.

It was months of meeting with several doctors, going to countless imaging appointments before figuring out the diagnosis to come up with a treatment plan. Eventually, my dad was diagnosed with two types of cancer, Lymphoma and Colon Cancer. My dad has thankfully gotten through one chapter of his treatment plan, finishing his IV chemo sessions. My dad has now started his radiation treatment with still talks of future surgery and additional chemo treatments. My mom, my brothers and I as well as loved ones have been constantly supporting my dad in any way we possibly can but if you have or know anyone who has had cancer then you know there is still so much that you cannot be ready or plan for. As my dad goes through his treatment, he is met with the constant challenge of having to miss or leave work. My parents have always been a 1 income family, seeing as my mom has always been the caretaker for the family. My mom is the one who is at home by his side providing the best meals she can, dispensing his medications appropriately to him, and making sure he gets the best undisturbed rest he can get.

My dad has always been the main provider of the home and has always done it with zero complaints, even now he still tries to get up and get ready knowing he isn't at his best. So our family would like to do what we can to make things just a tad easier for him and my mother. As our dad gets further along treatment he will and is requiring to miss more and more work and with surgery being certain in the future this only means we will need to plan for when he is out of work for some time. We all know the medical bills, medication bills, and treatment bills will start piling up quickly. My brothers and I would like to make this time as easy as possible and not worry about something like financial issues when they should be focusing on my dad getting better.

My dad has always been one that you can count on regardless of the time, day or difficulty of the task. Anyone who has ever met my dad has always had amazing things to say about him and our family couldn't be prouder. This is just one small thing we would like to do to try and help them during this difficult and overwhelming time.

Our family truly appreciates any help you can give for them and if not possible then we would also appreciate you putting him in your prayers as he pushes and fights through this. He will beat this and he will be okay, our family firmly believes that.

Thank you,
Villanueva Family

Hola!
Muchos de ustedes ya me conocen pero para los que no, soy Ana Villanueva la hija de Jose Villanueva. Si no saben Enero 15, mi papi tuvo un procedimiento rutina. Esperabamos a recibirlo con las noticias que todo fue normal pero no fue asi. Ese dia el doctor me informo "parece que tu papa tiene cancer." Nos fuimos para la casa, junte a toda la familia y compartimos las noticias. Era el dia mas dificil para todos, pero mis hermanos y yo sabiamos que no habia tiempo para gastar y teniamos que empesar con un plan para ayudar a nuestro papa.

Despues de meses de citas con doctores, de imagenes nos dieron su diagnosis. Mi papa tiene dos tipos de cancer Linfoma y cancer de colon.

En este momente nuestro papa a terminado una etapa de su tratamiento, acabo con su quimio intravenosa. Ahora empiesa su radiacion con planes de cirugia en el futuro meses. Mis hermanos y yo hemos apoyado mis papas lo mas que se puede incluyiendo nuestro seres queridos pero con cosas de este tipo siempre hay cosas que uno no esta listo y no esperaba. Mientras nuestro padre este en su tratamiento tambien tiene que faltar or dejar el trabajo. Mi mami es la que a estado a su lado durante todo este tiempo, ella prepara sus comidas saludables, dispensando su medicacion, y segurando que descanse sin disturbos.

Nuestro papa siempre ha sido el proveedor para la familia, sin quejarse el se levanta y se alista para trabajar aunque no se siente bien. Nuestro familia nos gustaria ayudar a mis papis lo mas que se pueda para hacer este tiempo un poco mas facil. Mientras nuestro papi avanza en su tratamiento mi papa a faltado y va faltar mas trabajo y con mas tratamiento en el futuro y una cirugia esperada sabemos que hay que planear para cuando no este trabajando. Pronto llegueran las cuentas del hospital, de medicamentos, y de mas tratamientos y mis hermanos y yo preferimos que se enfocan en mi papi recuperarse.

Nuestro papa siempre ha sido alguien con quien puedes contar sin importar la hora, dia, o difficultad de tarea. Cualquier persona que a conocido a nuestro papi siempre ha tenido cosas buenas que dicir de el y estamos tan orgullosos de el. Esto es sólo una pequeña cosa que nos gustaría hacer para intentar ayudarlos durante este momento difícil y abrumador.

Nuestra familia realmente aprecia cualquier ayuda que pueda brindarles y, si no es posible, también le agradeceríamos que lo ponga en sus oraciones mientras él lucha y lucha por superar esto. Superará esto y estará bien, nuestra familia lo cree firmemente.

Muchisimas gracias,
Familia Villanueva
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  • Anonymous
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  • Megan Perez
    • $200
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  • Anonymous
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    • 1 mo
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    • 1 mo
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    • 1 mo
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Ana Villanueva
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Austin, TX

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