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As
you all know - on May 21st, Arturo Hernandez was diagnosed with
Testicular Cancer, shortly after on June 12th, he had an Orchiectomy
(his testicle and tumor removed) - during his follow up
Arturo
has been diagnosed with stage II lymph node cancer, and has started
chemo on, July 15, 2013. He will have chemo for 8 hours a day, 5 days
a week - two weeks to recover - repeated schedule for 4 rounds. I wish
I could say that was the extent of our treatment, however, due to the
aggressiveness of his cancer, 6 weeks after his last chemo treatment
(End of October), he has to have an additional surgery called an
Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, or RPLMD for short- at Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center NYC.
The RPLMD is a very invasive surgery that takes approximately
6-8 hours to preform and 3-6 months to recover from, with only a few
qualified surgeons able to perform it.
I know this seems like a lot of information to absorb, but here
are the most important facts:
-Arturo does not have health insurance.
-One week of Chemo
costs $30,000-45,000 dependent on the drugs he’s given that week.
Arturo will be having 4 rounds.
-We are currently on Charity Care
through Somerset Medical Center, however that only covers a fraction
of total treatment costs.
-Memorial Sloan Kettering, where he
will be having the RPLMD does not offer any financial help, nor
charity care, and we will be absorbing 100% of the cost of
surgery.
-He will be unable to return to work for at least 6
months after surgery.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
We’re in the process of planning many
fundraising events, but until things settle down, we’re sending this
link to whoever will generously spare any amount of money. We will
keep everyone updated with the progress, and thank you in advance for
your time, generosity and good thoughts.
We love each and every one of you, and you don’t have any idea
how grateful we are to have amazing people like you in our lives.
He will get through this, day by day, and it will be over one
day, until then, we are forever grateful for any contribution you can
spare.
Forever grateful,
Molly & Arturo
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