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<div>Hello family, friends and kind strangers.
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<div>My name is Jen. I’m writing to ask for help on behalf of my 26 year old son, Caden. He is battling stage 4 metastatic melanoma.
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<div>After noticing a large irregular shaped mole behind his ear in 2018, Caden immediately went to the dermatologist and the sample came back malignant. At that point he was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma. In a matter of weeks he had several surgeries. One surgery involved removing lymph nodes. The other surgery was to remove the cancerous mole behind his ear. A skin graft was taken from his thigh to cover the area behind his ear. He immediately started on immunotherapy that he would receive for the next eighteen months. In June of 2019 he rang the bell at his last treatment and was cancer free. He kept up on all of his scans and even in December of 2023 he showed no signs of the cancer returning.
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<div>Fast forward to March of this year.
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<div>After a few weeks of constant back pain, Caden decided to go to the hospital ER to try to get some relief. The ER staff ordered an X-ray. The X-ray showed several spots that were suspicious for cancer. Caden was hospitalized for a week. During this time, we received the devastating news that the cancer had returned and was in his spine, lungs, liver, spleen, pelvis, in addition to other spots scattered throughout his body. After several appointments and scans he was referred to the Karmanos Cancer Institute. Their plan of action was a high dose combination of immunotherapy. After only two doses it was stopped because his bloodwork was off and they couldn’t resume until his numbers were within normal range. In the meantime, they did another PET scan to see if it had shrunk any of the tumors. Not only did it not shrink any of the tumors but they had grown and spread in that short amount of time.
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<div>So this is where we are at now. Immunotherapy is no longer an option. The treatment plan going forward is radiation and a chemo pill followed by a brand new treatment for specific cancers that have not responded to other treatments. The radiation being done on his pelvis and spine are to relieve some of the pain he is dealing with and to help with mobility. The chemo pill is to try and slow the cancer progression down while they prep him for a recently approved treatment called TILs. He will undergo a surgery to remove part of a tumor. The tumor will be used to regrow his cells which will later be injected back into his bloodstream. The hope is that these newly generated cells will find and fight the cancer cells. This is a grueling and intense treatment. He will be hospitalized for at least two weeks and given high powered chemo to wipe out his whole immune system. When that is done they will inject these new cells with the hope that they destroy the cancer cells. The cost of this treatment is astronomical and that doesn’t even include all of the prep and hospital stays prior to it. That’s on top of the thousands of dollars he’s already accumulated in medical bills.
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<div>Caden has been working since he was 16 and was working at Trader Joe’s when diagnosed. His employer, bosses and crew are great and have been so supportive but the 3rd party handling benefits have been making everything difficult. He has not recieved any disability and they are now trying to take away his insurance. His savings is gone and we have taken on all of his bills. If you are reading this and do not know us, we are a blue collar, middle class family. We are doing our best but we need help to help Caden get this potentially life saving treatment.
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<div>This is where the money raised will go:
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<div>-Paying off medical debt already acquired.
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<div>-Paying for his ongoing and future care at Karmanos Cancer Institute.
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<div>-Most importantly paying for the TILs treatment that is the last chance Caden has at stopping this aggressively growing cancer.
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<div>He is a fighter. He beat cancer once and we are hopeful that with this new treatment he can beat it again.
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<div>Thank you for taking the time to read Caden’s story. Asking for help is never easy. Whether you donate, share or just simply keep Caden in your thoughts, it means more than words can express and we are grateful.
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Help Caden in his battle against stage 4 cancer.

On Tuesday, September 8th, the lives of Chris and Angie were changed forever. A devastating wildfire surrounded the couple's home in the early hours of the morning, and despite the heroic efforts of Chris and Angie, Angie's mother, Peggy, and the couple's 13-year-old son, Wyatt, were killed by the fire. At first, Wyatt was missing and there was hope, but 2 days later he was found in the driver's seat of the family's car with his grandmother Peggy, his dog in his lap and had not survived the Santiam fire. Angie is in critical condition in the burn unit.<br /><br />What we know happened...there were high winds and the power went out and Chris had left to get a generator. Angie awoke to flames surrounding their home. Grandmother Peggy had broken her leg a week earlier and was awaiting surgery. Angie had loaded her mother in the car and by the time she got Wyatt and the animals, the car was surrounded by flames. Knowing it was life and death and there was no way to drive the car out, Angie told her 13 year old son Wyatt and his dog Duke to run. Angie stayed as long as possible to try to get her mother out of the car. but was not successful. She had no choice but to leave her mother, hoping Wyatt would be 10 minutes ahead of her. It was pitch black outside except for flames and smoke and their driveway was very long as was the road back to the main highway.  However, Wyatt did not keep going toward safety, and instead went back to the car and tried to drive his grandmother out of the flames. The road was so hot, it burnt the tires up. He was a heroic boy, trying against all odds to save his grandmother.  All this happened while his father Chris was desperately trying to get back to his family. Blockades had been set up and in desperation he ran the blockades. He found a woman on the road, wearing what looked like a bikini, feet burnt to the bone, unrecognizable. (We later learned the road was so hot she had wrapped her feet with her clothes which had burnt away.) Chris put this woman he did not recognize in the car and said he was sorry but he had to keep going to save his son and wife. Her mouth was black and was not able to speak, but finally whispered "I am your wife." After desperate searching, the car was found 2 days later with Wyatt in the driver's seat with his dog in his lap and his grandmother in the car. <br /><br />Angie survived the fire but suffered full-body burns and is currently in critical condition at the burn center in Portland. Her road to recovery will be a long one and will be further complicated by the devastating loss of her mother and child. <br /><br />The couple's home and possessions are gone. The medical costs from Angie's physical injuries will be enormous, plus the funeral expenses for Peggy and Wyatt. Chris and Angie's life will never be the same. While no amount of money can bring back Peggy and Wyatt, our family would be incredibly grateful for any help you can provide. This fund will help Chris and Angie deal with the extreme financial devastation this event has caused. <br /><br />Read more details about the tragic family loss from the devastating Oregon fires in this Statesman Journal story. <a href="https://www.statesmanjournal.com/in-depth/news/2020/09/10/oregon-wildfires-santiam-fire-evacuations-leave-family-members-dead/5759101002/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">What happened as told by Capi Lynn of the Statesman Journal</a> <br /><br />Peggy was a devoted grandmother who always had a smile on her face and always had kind words to give. Wyatt was a kindhearted, strong and brave young boy who was fascinated by trains and loved to go fishing. <br /><br />This fundraiser is organized by the Tofte family, Susan Vaslev and Mary Tofte, who are Chris Tofte's aunts and Tyler Vaslev who is Chris Tofte's cousin. Chris and Angie have approved this site as has their family. Funds raised will go directly to Angie and Chris for medical expenses, funeral expenses, expenses during recovery, and replacing everything they have lost. A legal trust account has been created and Chris and Angie are sole beneficiaries of the trust. <br /><br /><br />Peggy with great grandson Ezra<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/51143114_1599862422559160_r.jpeg" alt="51143114_1599862422559160_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><br />The last time cousin Coby saw Wyatt.<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/51143114_1599862530962209_r.jpeg" alt="51143114_1599862530962209_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><br />Wyatt's beloved dog Duke, shown here with his Christmas antlers, was with Wyatt until the end and died in his lap. <br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/51143114_1599875439784147_r.jpeg" alt="51143114_1599875439784147_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><br />Happier days with Angie, Peggy and Wyatt<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/51143114_1599863192748702_r.jpeg" alt="51143114_1599863192748702_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><br />Christmas video from 2013 showing the sweet heart of young Wyatt. We will miss him.<br /><iframe media_type="0" media_id="FP7PkeFcU1M" class="youtube-replace" title="YouTube video player" style="margin-bottom:20px;width:560px;height:315px;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/FP7PkeFcU1M/?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="1"></iframe>

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