Marathon for Mario
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Cancer has affected everyone, whether it be yourself, a relative or a friend. Cancer doesn’t care, it doesn’t have a selection process, it doesn’t pick and choose people based on what they have done in their life, it just happens.
Rob was with our close friend the night of September 27th when he started having extreme stomach pains. They thought he had developed an ulcer or something harmlessly stomach related. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case.
On September 28th Mario Diotte (28) was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer called Fibrolamellar-Carcinoma which is only diagnosed 200 times a year globally (1 in 58,000,000 people).
Due to the rarity of this condition, Mario has to receive treatment with a specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Recently OHIP has denied him coverage which means he will have to go out of pocket not only for his travel and accommodations but his medical bills on top of that.
We have tried to come up with ideas as to how we could help our friend so we decided to do the "Run Oak Island" Marathon and try to raise funds for his treatment, travel, accommodations and day to day life. Every dollar helps and 100% of proceeds will go towards Mario.
Thank you,
Liam DeBoer and Rob Ratz.
Rob was with our close friend the night of September 27th when he started having extreme stomach pains. They thought he had developed an ulcer or something harmlessly stomach related. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case.
On September 28th Mario Diotte (28) was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer called Fibrolamellar-Carcinoma which is only diagnosed 200 times a year globally (1 in 58,000,000 people).
Due to the rarity of this condition, Mario has to receive treatment with a specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Recently OHIP has denied him coverage which means he will have to go out of pocket not only for his travel and accommodations but his medical bills on top of that.
We have tried to come up with ideas as to how we could help our friend so we decided to do the "Run Oak Island" Marathon and try to raise funds for his treatment, travel, accommodations and day to day life. Every dollar helps and 100% of proceeds will go towards Mario.
Thank you,
Liam DeBoer and Rob Ratz.
Organizer
Liam DeBoer
Organizer
East York, ON
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