Story
Lance, 15 y/o , Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
Lance had just completed his first year of high school in June when he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (a very aggressive Leukemia/cancer). Lance went from being a popular varsity football player to a child that had to be immediately hospitalized to undergo several weeks of intense chemotherapy and to prepare for a bone marrow transplant this year. This tragic turn in Lance’s life has required his mother to take an unpaid leave from her job to be at his bedside and then care for him when released as he anxiously waits for his transplant and continues to endure the chemotherapy. Without the mother’s income, this family of five continues to not only struggle with the emotional stress of the cancer, but also with the challenge to maintain minimum basic human needs.
Needs
Lance’s family needs immediate help to pay their rent, food and gas.
