Donate to support Alex through Battle with cancer
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Hi everyone, my name is Jacob Taber. I'm writing to share my brother's story as he battles Cancer, and kindly ask for your support in raising enough to help provide him with comfort, by paying for his final expenses.
Below is a first person account of his journey
So as of tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. I will be in the process of receiving my 5th round of chemo. These rounds of chemo consist of me receiving the chemo medications through the port placed into my chest over a continuous rate of 5 days straight.
By far the most difficult thing I've ever had to do is go through chemo. I have been admitted into the UofM Eastbank hospital straight since June 28th. The reason being, that the cancer, that was pretty much located solely in my right sinus, in front of the base of my skull applying pressure to my frontal cortex.
Which apperently happens to control motor function, problem solving, decision making and almost all the important skills an adult learns that essentially makes them behave as such on a daily basis.
The pressure that the tumor is causing interferes with almost all of those basic functions daily but without my brain being aware of it enough for me to understand that I can't remember things or lack the ability to function like an adult.
Basically I am slowly losing control of my ability to function for myself on a day to day basis but unaware of the behavior changing at all until someone else either points my reckless behavior out to me, or I make a large enough mistake that its not possible for me to be unaware of what happened.
Id say it probably comes close to having some kind of alzheimers but at the age of 31 instead of my late 70s. Fortunately, I am able to get aid from a PCA for almost everyday of the week. Thank God.
Unfortunately my current insurance is refusing to pay for my hospital bills, a full time PCA and all of the equipment I'm going to need when I discharge to be able to function somewhat normally outside of a hospital setting.
This is where I need help finding a loan from anyone I can find to put down a retainer on a law firm that has agreed to take my disability case and represent me in front of a judge to help me acquire funds for assisted living care, and hospital equipment, for when I do finally get to go wherever I'm finally blessed to call home.
Funds will be used to assist Alex in paying for his PCA. As well as special equipment that he will need for daily living.
If you're reading this please share Alex's story with friends and family so that they can see how amazing of a person he is just like you and I have.
---- Alex Berthelsen ----
(This fundraiser is being managed, with the beneficiary's consent, by Jacob Taber, his younger brother. For more information about Rhabdomyosarcoma, follow the link below to learn more.)
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Jacob Taber
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Minneapolis, MN