Felix Cancer Treatment Support Fund
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Hi friends and family. It has been quite a long time since I last updated on gofundme.
Felix has somewhat stabilized medically for now. Although the brain tumor is malignant and inoperable, we are at some kind of impasse with regard to the cancer spreading or being more aggressive at this time.
On a different note, these past few years have left us devastated emotionally and financially.
I am in the process of rebuilding our home for my family. I am trying to find full time permanent work and get us situated. I am still a caretaker of both my son and my husband. I am saving money to place my son in childcare so I can work full time. I am trying to start saving for a car since I had to sell mine when things got very bad. I need a car so I can commute to work and to pick my son up from school.
I only ask that you send us well wishes, love, hugs, prayers and kisses. I know everyone is struggling with their finances right now. Please consider us in your thoughts and prayers. If you are able to contribute anything, it helps and will go to good use. We are grateful to you all just for standing by us through these past few years. Until then, lots of love. Deb , Alexei and Felix Torres
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Dear Everyone:
Thank you for taking the time to visit this page and show your support to Felix and our family. Your time means a lot to us, as it should to you.
All too often we find ourselves rushing through life. We lose all those precious moments waiting to see what's going to happen next. We make promises to do things, to go places, to see people and life just carries over from one day to the next. We live half heartedly; never stopping to appreciate being in the moment.
Hindsight is 20/20. Circumstances changed for my beautiful family in the blink of an eye. I regret disregarding those precious moments. I can't get those back. I can only move forward and be mindful of living every day to the fullest.
Felix is the love of my life. He is my husband of eleven
years, my best friend, and the world's most amazing
father to our two year old son.
Felix is loving, generous, hard working, kind, and compassionate. No matter how tired he was from his day, he always made time for me and our son. Felix was working well over 60 hours a week and commuting two hours every day when he suddenly got sick.
Felix was our sole provider. I stopped working after giving birth and stayed home when we became aware that our son had some developmental issues which needed to be addressed.
Before August 2015, Felix had never even been to a hospital. That morning, our life changed forever.
Felix, who is only 34 years old, had a grand mal seizure and ended up in neuro ICU with seizures every four hours. His brain was extremely swollen and he was in critical condition. During that time, Felix was completely incoherent. There were times he did not know who I was, or our son's birthday, to name a few things. It was heartbreaking.
The doctors quickly discovered an inoperable golf ball sized tumor situated in his brain along his motor strip and language center. A biopsy revealed that Felix has a rare aggressive malignant brain cancer which is spreading.
Felix still has seizures, confusion, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, and difficulty using his right side of his body which is steadily getting worse.
Felix needs treatment immediately in order to save his life.
He will be undergoing aggressive treatment including daily chemotherapy and five days a week of targeted radiation beginning next week.
I will have to balance my son's needs throughout all of this since he has his own issues. I need to pay for therapies while early intervention is possible.
The expenses for the medications, daily visits and treatments for Felix are astronomical, not including regular day to day expenses and paying bills. The initial hospitalization and brain biopsy alone were $150,000 and counting.
We are in a very difficult position financially, and every penny will help at this point. I will not be able to work while I take my husband to radiation and chemo + take my son to his appointments.
Thank you for having the compassion to read all of this. I know this is alot. Thank you for the moral support you all have provided and continue to provide through this devastating time for my family. We are so very grateful for any and all support. It is very special and means a lot to us.
Remember to cherish every day to the fullest. In the blink of an eye, everything can change. Roll with the punches and don't get hung up on what's next.. It's not worth sweating the small stuff.
Love,
The Torres Family
Felix has somewhat stabilized medically for now. Although the brain tumor is malignant and inoperable, we are at some kind of impasse with regard to the cancer spreading or being more aggressive at this time.
On a different note, these past few years have left us devastated emotionally and financially.
I am in the process of rebuilding our home for my family. I am trying to find full time permanent work and get us situated. I am still a caretaker of both my son and my husband. I am saving money to place my son in childcare so I can work full time. I am trying to start saving for a car since I had to sell mine when things got very bad. I need a car so I can commute to work and to pick my son up from school.
I only ask that you send us well wishes, love, hugs, prayers and kisses. I know everyone is struggling with their finances right now. Please consider us in your thoughts and prayers. If you are able to contribute anything, it helps and will go to good use. We are grateful to you all just for standing by us through these past few years. Until then, lots of love. Deb , Alexei and Felix Torres
***********************************************************
Dear Everyone:
Thank you for taking the time to visit this page and show your support to Felix and our family. Your time means a lot to us, as it should to you.
All too often we find ourselves rushing through life. We lose all those precious moments waiting to see what's going to happen next. We make promises to do things, to go places, to see people and life just carries over from one day to the next. We live half heartedly; never stopping to appreciate being in the moment.
Hindsight is 20/20. Circumstances changed for my beautiful family in the blink of an eye. I regret disregarding those precious moments. I can't get those back. I can only move forward and be mindful of living every day to the fullest.
Felix is the love of my life. He is my husband of eleven
years, my best friend, and the world's most amazing
father to our two year old son.
Felix is loving, generous, hard working, kind, and compassionate. No matter how tired he was from his day, he always made time for me and our son. Felix was working well over 60 hours a week and commuting two hours every day when he suddenly got sick.
Felix was our sole provider. I stopped working after giving birth and stayed home when we became aware that our son had some developmental issues which needed to be addressed.
Before August 2015, Felix had never even been to a hospital. That morning, our life changed forever.
Felix, who is only 34 years old, had a grand mal seizure and ended up in neuro ICU with seizures every four hours. His brain was extremely swollen and he was in critical condition. During that time, Felix was completely incoherent. There were times he did not know who I was, or our son's birthday, to name a few things. It was heartbreaking.
The doctors quickly discovered an inoperable golf ball sized tumor situated in his brain along his motor strip and language center. A biopsy revealed that Felix has a rare aggressive malignant brain cancer which is spreading.
Felix still has seizures, confusion, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, and difficulty using his right side of his body which is steadily getting worse.
Felix needs treatment immediately in order to save his life.
He will be undergoing aggressive treatment including daily chemotherapy and five days a week of targeted radiation beginning next week.
I will have to balance my son's needs throughout all of this since he has his own issues. I need to pay for therapies while early intervention is possible.
The expenses for the medications, daily visits and treatments for Felix are astronomical, not including regular day to day expenses and paying bills. The initial hospitalization and brain biopsy alone were $150,000 and counting.
We are in a very difficult position financially, and every penny will help at this point. I will not be able to work while I take my husband to radiation and chemo + take my son to his appointments.
Thank you for having the compassion to read all of this. I know this is alot. Thank you for the moral support you all have provided and continue to provide through this devastating time for my family. We are so very grateful for any and all support. It is very special and means a lot to us.
Remember to cherish every day to the fullest. In the blink of an eye, everything can change. Roll with the punches and don't get hung up on what's next.. It's not worth sweating the small stuff.
Love,
The Torres Family
Organizer
Torres Family
Organizer
Fort Lauderdale, FL