Prolong Garreth’s life ❤️
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Garreth, a Cork, north side native grew up in Mayfield and the Glen his whole life. After entering the world with being dealt a bad hand, Garreth was born 5 months premature and spent an extensive amount of time in an incubator. Doctors told our mother that he wouldn’t make it through and we should leave it at that but we chose to fight, the same way he did and he went on to live and surpass all doctors recommendations and expectations.
Garreth was an avid member of the basketball community in Cork especially but all over the whole country. His infectious personality touched everybody wherever he went. Not only was he a great basketball player but he also committed himself to doing a lot of community work by coaching in local primary schools in Cork City, running mid term and summer camps in less advantaged areas and volunteered in secondary and primary schools for many, many years before finally accepting a teaching position in Spain where this all then began.
Unfortunately, this past year when Garreth turned 21, a year after my father passed from cancer, Garreth was diagnosed with o esophageal cancer and his standard, quality of life deteriorated at an alarming rate. Garreth couldn’t eat solid foods for over a year and it was a massive struggle as he became very weak and lost a lot of weight. He then embarked upon the journey of chemotherapy and trumped it as we knew he would. He had surgery to remove the tumor and limphnodes affected which was successful after a lot of complications post surgery. We were assured that the doctor had gotten it all out but were warned if it were to come back, this type of cancer is very aggressive.
Just coming up on 3 months post op, Garreth got a scan and we received the news that it had re-appeared in his abdomen, pelvic area, lining of his lungs and a lot of his limphnodes. This now puts Garreth in a situation of being terminally sick with this disease. Unfortunately surgery is not an option. The only option been given to Garreth to prolong his life is chemotherapy paired with immunotherapy. Unfortunately, immunotherapy is privatized and not available to dispense to patients who desperately need it. The cost of each dose of this is €7000 of which he needs 12 doses bringing it to €84,000. Without treatment, we have been informed that his life expectancy is 3-4 months. With it, past a year and as we know from Garreth’s early life, a year is not something he is going to accept and he will do everything to beat expectations once again.
Writing this, I am in shambles, I lost my best friend, my father only 2 years ago and I am not ready to lose my little brother. The whole idea of this gofundme is to prolong his life as long as possible and if we can get one more day than what’s been given, our goal has been achieved. I am fundraising on behalf of my little brother to extend his life with life prolonging treatment, to cover all of his care needs and make some final memories. I thank you all in advance for whatever help is given.
Garreth was an avid member of the basketball community in Cork especially but all over the whole country. His infectious personality touched everybody wherever he went. Not only was he a great basketball player but he also committed himself to doing a lot of community work by coaching in local primary schools in Cork City, running mid term and summer camps in less advantaged areas and volunteered in secondary and primary schools for many, many years before finally accepting a teaching position in Spain where this all then began.
Unfortunately, this past year when Garreth turned 21, a year after my father passed from cancer, Garreth was diagnosed with o esophageal cancer and his standard, quality of life deteriorated at an alarming rate. Garreth couldn’t eat solid foods for over a year and it was a massive struggle as he became very weak and lost a lot of weight. He then embarked upon the journey of chemotherapy and trumped it as we knew he would. He had surgery to remove the tumor and limphnodes affected which was successful after a lot of complications post surgery. We were assured that the doctor had gotten it all out but were warned if it were to come back, this type of cancer is very aggressive.
Just coming up on 3 months post op, Garreth got a scan and we received the news that it had re-appeared in his abdomen, pelvic area, lining of his lungs and a lot of his limphnodes. This now puts Garreth in a situation of being terminally sick with this disease. Unfortunately surgery is not an option. The only option been given to Garreth to prolong his life is chemotherapy paired with immunotherapy. Unfortunately, immunotherapy is privatized and not available to dispense to patients who desperately need it. The cost of each dose of this is €7000 of which he needs 12 doses bringing it to €84,000. Without treatment, we have been informed that his life expectancy is 3-4 months. With it, past a year and as we know from Garreth’s early life, a year is not something he is going to accept and he will do everything to beat expectations once again.
Writing this, I am in shambles, I lost my best friend, my father only 2 years ago and I am not ready to lose my little brother. The whole idea of this gofundme is to prolong his life as long as possible and if we can get one more day than what’s been given, our goal has been achieved. I am fundraising on behalf of my little brother to extend his life with life prolonging treatment, to cover all of his care needs and make some final memories. I thank you all in advance for whatever help is given.
Organizer
Jordan Blount
Organizer