Joshua’s fight for life; Burkitt’s Lymphoma

In June this year we received the horrible news that Josh has been diagnosed with post transplant lymphoma, this being burkitt lymphoma (a very rare and aggressive type of cancer).

The journey thus far has been an extremely challenging one with many obstacles getting in the way. Just as treatment was coming to an end and we thought there was light at the end of the tunnel, Josh had a scan this past Wednesday due to some symptoms, and the scan showed the worst possible outcome we could expect. The intensive chemotherapy treatment has not been working, and the cancer is actually showing up in more places than before.

The consultant had a few suggestions in regard to other treatments but we have found out in the last few days that Josh isn’t eligible.

We have been doing our own research and found two potential drugs that could be used to treat the lymphoma, although it may not be able to be funded by the NHS.

We are unsure of the exact cost of these drugs and the amount of cycles that would be needed as everything is very much up in the air at the moment. But, by doing some research it’s estimated to cost at least £50,000 and potentially even more.

This is something we never thought we would have to go through, and something others will have gone through before us. We are reaching out to anyone who is in a comfortable financial situation and who is able to help in any sort of way. Any donation would be greatly appreciated.

This is our last sliver of hope and time is of the essence. A fight we will not give up.

Thank you for taking the time to read our crowd funder.

Beth and Josh ❤️