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Most don’t realize the financial cost of raising a sick child is
huge! Matteo was only 16 months when he was diagnosed with cancer.
That turned into a 3.5 year fight to keep him alive. Taking care of
Matteo was a full time commitment, meaning my job was a thing of the
past. Losing my income meant my husband was doing it all; gas,
parking, extra food, special diets, toys not to mention all the usual
costs of running a household. Matteo was 2.5years old when he lost his
bladder and prostate, the cost of his urine bags alone is over $300.00
a month. It’s been a year and Matteo is doing great. Now we just found
out his 2 year old little brother Nicco has leukemia. His battle will
be 3 years. We are only a month into it his treatment protocol and
already feeling the strain. We were just getting our lives back
together when we were pulled back into fighting mode once again
A fellow Oncology Dad, AKA Steve Morrier, started a quick online
Lunch Money fundraiser as soon as Nicco was diagnosed. The small scale
campaign was designed to help cover the costs of food, hospital stays,
parking and babysitters for my other two kids. His quick thinking was
amazing. As a parent of a child with cancer you are often running on
empty and the simplest things become difficult to manage. This is our
new normal, you don’t even realize you’re going broke because you’re
just doing what needs to be done. The last 3 years our family has
gotten used to our new “normal”. You just never ever recover from a
cancer diagnose, you always live in the shadow of its terror and what
if’s. With this new diagnoses of my second son I’m still in shock and
not really sure what and how to think, I feel numb always. I work very
little and my husband’s 6 days a week have gone down to 4 days to take
Nicco into CHEO for his two days a week of blood work and chemo
appointments. Another 3 years of this is so painful to even consider.
I just can’t even bare to think of it again. We will kick cancers
butt, AGAIN! YOU NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG YOU ARE UNTIL IT’S THE ONLY
CHOICE YOU HAVE. We will stay strong as a family and will lean on each
other. We support many childhood cancer organizations and have learned
so much from them, now I have to realize we need help and have to
learn to accept it.
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