Help Dean Battle Acute Myeloid Leukemia

My name is Sharon Otsuki and I want to tell you about my brother-in-law, Dean. From the first time I met him, he always wanted to make this world a better place, especially when it comes to keeping the beaches and oceans clean. He managed, along with his wife, a nonprofit to accomplish many good things for that cause.

Unfortunately, Dean was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), in late May 2023. AML is a very aggressive and fast-moving type of blood cancer. He transformed to AML from CMML2 (Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia) which he had for 14 years, sometime after April 20, 2023. The doctors also found a large tumor in his heart and were going to operate but couldn't because of the AML diagnosis.

His hopes are high, but he has had some complications (severe anemia, neutropenic fever and pneumonia) which put him in the hospital twice in the last month. He has been unable to work since mid- August and with the cost of treatments on top of that, he has run out of money to pay for rent, food, car payments and further cancer treatment.

Please consider donating to help Dean so he can concentrate on fighting! Thank you in advance for your support!