The Rush family of Marietta, Georgia, is struggling to cover medical expenses after all three of their sons were diagnosed with retinoblastoma.
for the family explained that baby Carter is about embark on the same treatments his brothers have received -- six months of chemotherapy and continued laser treatments, which will hopefully keep the tumors growing in his eyes at bay.
"As a parent, you would do anything to provide the best health care for your children, whatever it costs!" stated a summary on the page, which is being organized by Aaron Rush and his mother, Jeanne Fulwider Rush."And it does cost almost everything you have if your child faces a medical illness or disease. Now imagine that cost times three!"
"As you can imagine, the 'unknowns' of dealing with cancer are stressful enough without the added financial stress associated with the numerous doctor visits, hospital stays, and missed time from work," the page noted."Every day they walk by faith believing that the Great Physician knows their every need."
Just 4 percent of federal government cancer research funding is directed toward the study pediatric cancer each year, according to the. Despite that, each day an estimated 43 children will be diagnosed with some form of the disease. Perhaps it's no wonder why cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease among children.
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