Vic's Cancer Journey: Your Help Matters

April 3, 2025, our lives changed. Vic wasn’t feeling great, and we ended up in the emergency room. We figured it was a stomach issue and were hoping he would be seen and released fairly quickly. Well, once we were taken to the back, the doctor had an X-ray done. He returned quickly and informed us he found a mass in Vic’s right lung and he wanted to admit him to find out if it was cancerous and what the next steps would be. A biopsy was performed on 04/04, his legs began swelling, and while hospitalized and waiting for the results of the biopsy, we were notified his heart and kidney were not functioning properly. Then, on April 6th, we received the official results and it is cancer.

Oncology appointments, referrals, labs, other X-rays, and MRIs. Thankfully, we have insurance; unfortunately, it isn’t covering much. Treatment is radiation and chemotherapy. We are responsible for 50% of radiation and chemotherapy. Our portion of radiation is $5939.88, and we were given that estimate today. It doesn’t include anything else, and I won’t have the estimate of the chemotherapy until Monday or Tuesday. Life is still going on; we just have to figure out how to ensure Vic survives. It has already been just over a month that we’ve known he has cancer; we have to start treating it! I will do whatever I need to do to ensure this small cell lung cancer doesn’t spread anywhere else. I have become a full-time caregiver and understand why mental illness is so prevalent among those who care for others. I have become overwhelmed with appointments, finances, and this spreading. I don’t want to wait any longer. I’m asking each of you to help us. Whatever you can help with, we need to get radiation covered and then we will figure out chemotherapy and everything else. I need the process to start now. We thank you! Thank you for everything you have done to help us and all the prayers!

My husband, my best friend, is facing some of the most difficult times of his life. He is scared and lonely. I promise I will walk through this entire process with him, but I know he yearns for comfort from others as well. Victor, I pray you know how much we love you and know that we are in this fight together! You don’t have to face any of this alone. Yes, we are exhausted in every aspect. I don’t think I’ve cried this much in a long time, but I hope you also know I wouldn’t be anywhere else! We will figure out how this is going to work, but it is going to work! May God fill you with the love, strength, and peace you deserve! I can’t wait to share with the world when you have defeated cancer!!!