The Benjamin Family

Alex is currently having round six of chemotherapy. These are long hospital stays for him, and they are tough! Alex gets board quickly and would like Legos to help him pass time, but they are just so expensive!

We recently found out that Alex will have several appointments at Mayo in Rochester. That is over 300 miles from home. Alex will also have surgery on his leg down at Mayo at the end of August.

These trips for all the appointments and for surgery are going to be hard! Any help would be greatly appreciate! To have to travel over 300 miles one way for appointments is very difficult financially. Alex will be hospitalized for quite some time after surgery so all our money will be going to transportation, meals, and hotels. 

Alex will then have a couple of weeks recovery time before he will start chemotherapy up again. It has been a very long road for Alex!

Even if you are not able to financially help, we ask that you please pray for Alex as he continues his fight against Ewing Sarcoma!

Alex still has a minimum of seven months left of this treatment plan. We've been running low on funds to help with expenses, our 72 mile one way trips to the doctor, and for meals when away from home. We are hopeful to receive help in some bills to help us save for our expenses.  

Alex has finished round 3 and currently we are waiting for his counts to go up so he can start round 4. He has had a few bumps in the road, needing blood transfusions and having Temps. We are hopeful he can get back on track, so he can have surgery sometime next month.

Alex just finished his round 2 chemotherapy treatment this last week. He had to have five days of treatment in a row, which was hard for him. Day one was pretty good, except his hair was starting to fall out, so we had to cut it. Days two and three went pretty good as well. By Days four and five Alex's body was not tolerating the treatments so well. He was extremely exhausted and felt very nauseous. Alex has kept a pretty good attitude during his fight. He says the Days are really long and boring, we've been trying hard to find things for him to do while at the hospital. Alex loves Legos, World War 2, army tanks and Xbox. Being 72 miles away from home is hard, especially when you have to stay several days in the hospital. 

Alex is 16 and currently going through treatment for Ewing Sarcoma. His just started his second round of chemotherapy today. We have to travel 72 miles to get to his appointments, which adds up real quick. Alex is inpatient during treatments, which means I stay with him during all his treatments and the cost of meals adds up real quick as well. So fat Alex has been doing good, has a good attitude, eating, drinking and trying his best to stay positive. Alex loves legos, and trys to find things to keep him busy during treatments.