Help Landon beat Stage 3 Melanoma
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This is my fun loving 8 year old nephew, Landon. He is your typical 8 year old boy, he loves playing baseball, basketball, and football. He is a member of cub scouts and goes to church every Sunday with his family. His favorite colors include white, green, purple, and pink. He is so full of life, laughter, and love. Unfortunately back in the summer his parents found an odd looking mole on his back. They went and saw a dermatologist and had it removed. The results came back cancer, every parents worse nightmare. They started their journey to U of M. First surgery was to remove a larger border around where the mole was removed, they also took out a total of 15 lymph nodes from his arm pits. Once again the family got bad news....the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes. He went back for surgery #2, they removed both major lymph node chains from his arm pits and did a full body MRI. Thankfully the cancer had not spread any further. The results were STAGE 3 MELANOMA though!!! This cancer is extremely rare in children....the doctors have already stated that Landon is going to be teaching them. The next step in this family's journey is for him to get a port placed and to receive Interferon injections. This is where I am asking for your help!!! The family will have to drive from Marine City to Ann Arbor 5 times a week for 4 weeks in order for Landon to receive these injections. The insurance company will not pay for a hospital stay being as they wouldn't if it was an adult and they have no research to base the need of a stay with a child involved. The family can not afford a hotel room. This is a family of 7 living off 1 income. After the 4 weeks is done Landon will be receiving 3 injections a week for 48 weeks at home!!! As I have said before this is so rare for a child this age, especially stage 3. The preventative drug being given is a hard drug even on an adult, the medical staff is not sure how his little body is going to handle it.
thank you for taking them time to read about my nephew, any help what so ever is greatly appreciated!!! If you can't donate money, please at least pray for him!!!
thank you for taking them time to read about my nephew, any help what so ever is greatly appreciated!!! If you can't donate money, please at least pray for him!!!
Organizer and beneficiary
Liz Agosta-Geldhof
Organizer
Marine City, MI
Joseph Agosta
Beneficiary