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Team #SeanStrong Colon Cancer Fight

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Hello! Meet Sean and me - Ginni!  

We are a small family but mighty. Life has thrown us so many curve balls the past 4 years and we would never dream of asking for help. Writing this and asking for help is not who we are. We are the people that WANT to be the help, not have to ask for it.

That being said #SeanSTRONG has been started because we are facing a Stage IV metastasis colon cancer diagnosis. Sean is 47 years old and way too young for this horrible diagnosis. His outcome for his stage and age is 50% survival rate at 5 years and 20% for 10 years. Sean being who he is said “well I’m going to be in the 20%”!

I LOVE his optimism and strength. Sean is the ROCK in our family. I myself suffer from anxiety and my brain won’t stop worrying. So FAITH AND HOPE is where I live these days with regular prayers asking for his survival. I would have never dreamt we’d be in this place!


SO what’s next? He has been working and going through chemo to shrink his tumors. Its gradually getting harder and harder for him. He has a large mass in his colon and 22+ spots on his liver. The liver and the metastasis is what the Doctors are most concerned with. We just met with the specialist at OHSU and he was optimistic that his tumors are shrinking! He wants to proceed with two evasive surgeries to remove the tumors. His #SeanSTRONG team will remove 1/2 his colon and 1/2 his liver.


The financial burden from dealing with the medical expenses for the last 5 years has been unbelievable.

If you have the means to help, we appreciate it more than you will EVER know. My biggest concern is for Sean to heal, recover, and ultimately BEAT this and to not lose our home! We need your help to make that happen!

Thank you in advance for teaming with us! Any size donation will help! And we truly appreciate it. 


Always Ginni & #SeanSTRONG
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