My dad who has been fighting Glioblastoma 6 years

My name is Yesely. I am wanting to raise funds for my father Geovanni Lisay. To help him and us his family with bills or anything in the future. He’s been battling brain cancer since February 1st, 2017 when he was diagnosed and had to get surgery for the tumor to be removed. His type of cancer is called Glioblastoma. No there is never a cure or remission for this type of cancer. It’s one of the most deadliest brain cancers because, of how aggressive it can be. Now this type of tumor only grows within the brain doesn’t spread throughout the body and it’s not genetic.

It can grow so fast from stage 1 to 4 within a month. Typically when you are diagnosed they tell you you have 14-18 months to live. He survived 6 years. He had complications when he got out of rehab in 2017. Blood clots, hematoma, infection. Had to get blood transfusion because, of the hematoma in his stomach. He over came that. He did have weakness on his left side of the body. Due to where the tumor was on the brain and the surgery. Where he wasn’t able to walk like normal but, was able to do by taking little steps. He did walk with just a cane at first and he was getting PT. He had oral chemo never IV. He did radiation as well. He also had optune this was a type of radiation per day that wasn’t harmful but, affective to help with the tumors and killing them off etc. You can research it.

Though, November of 2018. Another tumor appeared 10cm from the original where, it got removed. He had to take radiation one more time. Took oral chemo and a different one this time that was stronger than the first one he took. He did so well. His blood white cells went down a little and potassium. He got IV for that to make sure his levels were great. They would check his breathing because, the mediation could have affected his lungs. And he was fine. Doing amazing. He did have falls because, there were days that he was weak and he just wanted to use the restroom or get something to eat. He would drive at time his car and go to Publix. Have people help him to buy his food. He was strong as a bull throughout all these years. The tumor from 2018 was stable didn’t grow much after that. For 3 years from late 2019 to early 2023. He had no treatment whatsoever. No unusually lesions. Only the one from 2018 which, again was stable. Until late March 2023 where he would do his 2-3 months MRI to see how he’s doing. They found new lesions meaning multiple tumors in his brain. In April they put him on the oral chemo again the very first one he took in 2017. The frontal tumor grew. Meaning it wasn’t working. So they told him they are going to have to put him on a an IV chemo treatment. Which, I knew because they told us that with the tumor that appeared in 2018. Never went to that option because, of how well he was doing at that time. The IV wasn’t as strong. It was just a shirking agent to shrink the tumors but, with side affects. He took the first one in June. He did okay he was getting a bit more weaker than usual. He did have a urine infection. Then July he took his second IV treatment. Now complications came in. With consultation but, mainly which was a high concern. He was complaining about a pain and bleeding in his urine. And blood clots in his urine. Which, turned out to be an abscess in the prostate along with a urine infection. They had to put antibiotics for the abscess. He had to be on that antibiotic for the rest of the month. That also meant he couldn’t go and take his third round of chemo. They would clash. So, they wanted my mom or I to put the antibiotic at home through IV. I told them that was not going to work. So, they asked me if he wanted to go to a nursing home. Where he was for 3 weeks. I didn’t know where he was going. I did ask if it was a good place or not. They told me they didn’t know. So, I just said where ever is close to home. I didn’t know the class of nursing facility he was going to. From there he wasn’t himself. He kept forgetting little things like. Yesely you just called me when I didn’t. I tried changing him to another facility. I did everything I could. And until I made an appointment with his oncologist. I was able to get him out of that place like so. He wasn’t okay. He wasn’t even able to move his left side of his body like he used to. The oncologist said to us when he saw him. That no chemo, or radiation at this point is going to help. All he would be doing is suffering from those things. So, he told us that an option was hospice at home. So he could be with us. At home. He requires mass assist. I swear he was eating and talking and making calls before that last week in July. Even that last weekend in July. He’s right now in a hospice place. He couldn’t come home with us yet. He had to be able to use his bodily functions and us have help at home with him. Though, he don’t. It’s just mainly my mom and I for the past 6 years. We can move him to a nursing home with hospice. This time my mother and I are going to make sure it a good place and we just want to give him the best quality of life he can have. That’s our story till now. He’s a champ. All I want from anyone with a kind heart. To give a hand. Anything helps. I’ll be ever so grateful for it. Thank you. And thank you for reading. His story.