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Hi Family and friends
My 12 year old daughter Ashley has been diagnosed with cancer. She has very rare form that is usually only found in youth. Embyonal Rhabdomysarcoma . For two months the doctors in Taos couldn't figure out what it was and I was constantly having to take off of work to take care of her needs. We were told that it was definitely not cancer by the urologist, pathologist, and radiologist. They just kept giving us more and more antibiotics. The symptoms we're not going away and I was sure they were missing something so I brought her down to Albuquerque to UNM Hospital. There they informed us that they felt the doctors in Taos had got it wrong and they were pretty sure that she had a type of cancer. Within a few days they confirmed that. I am a single father to her and I had to quit working all together. I am now 100% her caretaker which is a full-time job and then some. Her mother had come up and visited her few times and was going to try to get some things together so she could maybe start helping. On the 27th of May my Daughter's mother April texted her and said she was coming up the next day to visit her. Unfortunately on the 29th we would get the news she was murdered in a triple homicide. Of course we were all devastated . She was the mother to two of my children. Even though she was having some problems they loved her very much and never gave up on them. We know she loved them too.
My only job for the entire year will be to take care of Ashley and her needs. I do have three other children that need care during this time and will be there as much as possible for them. During this year we will have to fundraise all the money that we need to get through our life which includes travel to various hospitals and keeping up with all of our bills and such. Family and Community have already been amazing. I have always worked and have never been in a situation where I've had to ask for this type of help. Any amount helps. But always remember take care of your family first. Prayers of course are always welcome and even if you just want to post a nice comment that I can read to her we love those too. Again thank you everybody I've updated this since we first posted because so many things have changed since the beginning of this journey. Ashley is strong and I have no doubt in my mind that she will beat this! We will continue to keep everyone updated.
Hi Family and friends
My 12 year old daughter Ashley has been diagnosed with cancer. She has very rare form that is usually only found in youth. Embyonal Rhabdomysarcoma . For two months the doctors in Taos couldn't figure out what it was and I was constantly having to take off of work to take care of her needs. We were told that it was definitely not cancer by the urologist, pathologist, and radiologist. They just kept giving us more and more antibiotics. The symptoms we're not going away and I was sure they were missing something so I brought her down to Albuquerque to UNM Hospital. There they informed us that they felt the doctors in Taos had got it wrong and they were pretty sure that she had a type of cancer. Within a few days they confirmed that. I am a single father to her and I had to quit working all together. I am now 100% her caretaker which is a full-time job and then some. Her mother had come up and visited her few times and was going to try to get some things together so she could maybe start helping. On the 27th of May my Daughter's mother April texted her and said she was coming up the next day to visit her. Unfortunately on the 29th we would get the news she was murdered in a triple homicide. Of course we were all devastated . She was the mother to two of my children. Even though she was having some problems they loved her very much and never gave up on them. We know she loved them too.
My only job for the entire year will be to take care of Ashley and her needs. I do have three other children that need care during this time and will be there as much as possible for them. During this year we will have to fundraise all the money that we need to get through our life which includes travel to various hospitals and keeping up with all of our bills and such. Family and Community have already been amazing. I have always worked and have never been in a situation where I've had to ask for this type of help. Any amount helps. But always remember take care of your family first. Prayers of course are always welcome and even if you just want to post a nice comment that I can read to her we love those too. Again thank you everybody I've updated this since we first posted because so many things have changed since the beginning of this journey. Ashley is strong and I have no doubt in my mind that she will beat this! We will continue to keep everyone updated.
Fundraising team (2)
Scott Quintanilla
Organizer
Taos, NM
Kiva Duckworth-Moulton
Team member