Help the Westbury Family Keep Our Home While Ava Fights Cancer ❤️

On March 14, 2025, our lives changed forever. At just 10 years old, our daughter Ava was diagnosed with High-Risk B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Before that day, Ava was a healthy, active little girl with no major medical conditions. She loved school, spending time with her friends, and performing in our local children’s theatre. She was a typical 10-year-old with a world of possibilities ahead of her. We never imagined that overnight, our lives would become consumed by hospital stays, chemotherapy, procedures, and the uncertainty that comes with childhood cancer.

What followed was the beginning of an almost three-year treatment journey that has changed every part of our lives.

Our family went from two incomes to one as we did everything possible to make sure Ava had the care, comfort, and support she needed. In the beginning, we managed to get by with the help of some wonderful organizations and the kindness of others. We were so grateful for that support, and we truly believed we could keep pushing forward.

But as the months passed, the financial strain continued to grow. Between extended hospital stays, countless appointments, and missed work, we have slowly exhausted the resources we once relied on. We have maxed out our credit cards, and now we are struggling to keep up with our mortgage, falling behind month after month.

And now, something we never imagined having to worry about while fighting for our daughter’s health has become a very real fear: we are at risk of losing our home.

Our home is so much more than a house to us. It is where our girls feel safe, where our family finds comfort after difficult days, and where we hold on to the hope of a future beyond cancer. It is where we want to watch our girls grow, make memories, and eventually close this incredibly difficult chapter of our lives.

We know Ava still has a road ahead of her. Her treatment is expected to continue through July 2027. This journey has frightened us, exhausted us, and challenged us in ways we could never have prepared for. There have been so many things outside of our control, but we have continued to show up for Ava, one day at a time, because she deserves nothing less.

We are holding on to HOPE. Hope that treatment will end. Hope that our family will find its way through this. Hope that one day, cancer will no longer dictate our schedules, our finances, or so many of our decisions. We believe this is an incredibly difficult chapter of our lives, not the whole story.

But right now, we need help getting through it.

We are asking for support to help us catch up on our mortgage and keep our home, along with covering essential household bills during this incredibly difficult season. We want to be able to focus on Ava’s treatment and being present for our girls without the constant fear that we could lose the place they call home.

Asking for help is not easy. We have always wanted to provide for our family ourselves, and it is humbling to share such a personal struggle. But we have reached a point where we cannot do it alone, and protecting our home means asking for help before it is too late.

If you are able to donate, any amount would mean more to us than we can put into words. If you cannot donate, sharing our story with others would be an incredible gift, too.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for taking the time to read our story, for caring about Ava, and for helping our family hold on to the home and stability we so desperately want to preserve. We have spent so long fighting to get Ava through this. Now, we are asking for a little help making sure our family has a home to come back to when this chapter finally ends.

With love, gratitude, and HOPE, The Westbury Family ❤️