Atlanta.- A couple fights eye cancer that equally affects their three underage children, diagnosed with Retinoblastoma same gene as the mother suffered when she was young. For five years, Aaron and Angie have been a frequent at Atlanta Children’s Hospital, where they take their children Tristen, aged five; Caison, three, and Carter, seven months, to be cared for by Retinoblastoma.
The couple created a fundraising campaign in gofundme on January 14th, to seek financial support. On the platform they have donated approximately 1,300 people achieving a sum of $74,537. In the post, Aaron and Angie shared their story that began five years ago when their son, Tristen, was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma at 4 weeks old, and that’s when they began a relationship with Atlanta Children’s Hospital ( CHOA) Started her chemotherapy treatment, anesthesia evaluations, MRI and laser treatments. But that was just the beginning of his relationship with the hospital. After two years of the battle with his firstborn, his second child, Caison was born in the same way with retinoblastoma and the treatment cycle began again. Seven months ago, the couple had a third child, Cater, who was born cancer-free, until January 6, when two tumors were discovered in their eyes, being diagnosed with Retinoblastoma, as well as their two older brothers.
Carter’s Fundraising Campaign for Cancer gofundme
For the third time, the couple is in the treatment cycle so he asked for help from society to cover their young child’s expenses Carter.Al just like their children, Angie was diagnosed at an early age with this type of cancer and was warned that the ret gene inoblastoma had a high chance of being passed on to his children.
As a parent, you would do anything to provide the best medical care for your children, no matter what! And it costs almost everything you have if your child is facing a medical illness or illness. Now imagine it costs three times!
They wrote in the gofundme publication. If you want to support little Carter, click here.
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