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Cancer Surgery Recovery Fund for Travis

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Travis and I have been married 15 years.  In December 2019 ,Travis (49 years old) was diagnosed Stage 4 Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney cancer that spready to both lungs).  He had been complaining of chest pain for quite some time, but it took changing doctors before someone took notice.  Unfortunately by the time someone did, he was already stage 4.  He went through immunotherapy in January -March 2020 which did not work.  They started him on very expensive chemo tabs (Votrient) which worked on the cancer in his lungs, but the kidney is not responding to treatment.  March 10, 2021 he undergoes surgery to remove the kidney and remove the 2 larger masses then put the kidney back in.  They do not want to remove the cancerous kidney completely because they are concerned of the strain it would put on the good kidney and cause it to fail. 

Travis has to be off chemo meds for 3 weeks prior to surgery.  The doctors are sure he will survive the surgery but are concerned about could happen being off meds.  It could put him back to square one or worse.

We are self employed, we own an appliance installation company since 2003.  I run the office and Travis and our 2 boys install the appliances.  My husband is the hardest working man I know and fighting to beat this cancer.  Even with cancer and being sick, he still gets up and goes to work everyday.  We have not been able to take on as much work as usual,  so we do not have the same income, but our bills are the same.  With this, we are already behind on our bills.   

While my husband is down for 2-3 months, we will have no income.  Our boys are not trained enough to do the jobs themselves.  I cannot get a job outside the home because I need to  be at home to care for my husband during his recovery and still quote jobs and schedule jobs so we can go back to work once he has healed.  We will have no way to pay our personal and company bills or medical insurance.  

This is very hard to ask, but any help we can get to catch up up and cover upcoming bills during Travis's recovery would be greatly appreciated.
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    Andrea Sutak McCartney
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    Syracuse, UT

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