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Plea for help from HN community

by VaedaStrike on 8/16/14, 3:15 PM with 9 comments

I've gotten so much out of coming to HN every day. My entire nascent programming career and capacity to sustain my family is among the greater things directly tied to life decisions that were strongly influenced by this.

For this reason, and not to spam or cause clutter, I'm asking for help. My niece of 20 months has brain cancer. Her parents believe her best chance is a treatment they recently got FDA approval to try. The only problem is that simply lack money to even start the first round of treatment. Any help, either directly or indirectly provided, in any means, will help--

http://www.gofundme.com/7djqbw

  • by VaedaStrike on 8/16/14, 3:17 PM

    If anyone has any questions about legitimacy please feel free to contact me.

    about.me/ethanpearson supercriticalfluid is my email address at gmail

  • by benologist on 8/16/14, 4:07 PM

    Does http://watsi.org operate wherever you are?

  • by VaedaStrike on 8/16/14, 4:38 PM

    BTW here's an article in the local press that came out when they initially petitioned the FDA for the treatment.

    http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1009&sid=29959572

  • by striking on 8/16/14, 3:59 PM

    Are "antineoplastons" the only treatment option left for her?

  • by andregoiano on 8/16/14, 3:27 PM

    Wishing you all the luck and good energy you can muster, Ethan.

  • by michaelrhansen on 8/16/14, 4:03 PM

    Wish you the best - brain cancer has ravaged my family.