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Topic: New PIF Recipient  (Read 18662 times)

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FisHunter

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WOW! you are a good man, a great father and an loving husband. Reading your words have made my piddily problems insignificant.

Stay strong and positive like you have been. I only have typed words to convey my thought, but your words carried real, heart felt meaning.

Wishing all of you a healthy 2017! and BEYOND!
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Fish Master1

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 :smt008. Stay strong and positive you guys.
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God Bless You, your Wife and your two Beautiful Daughters Bro ! You guys have been through a lot. I pray that the coming days become easier for you and your family. Beautiful Pic. Glad to see they are keeping up good spirits !

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Quick update.

Yesterday Raquel had a Herceptin infusion, but this time with no chemo. These infusion are a Her2 protein block, Her2 is one of the elements that makes this cancer so aggressive. She will continue with these every 3 weeks for a year. She will also begin a estrogen blocker. She will take this for a long time.

Surgery #3 is in 7 days. We had another $3000 co pay! But thanks to all of you at NCKA, we were again able to make this copay!  Thank uou all for all you do. You have no idea how this helps us. Again, I will be missing work to care for her and get her on her feet again.

I created a account just for the NCKA donated funds. Raquel has the card and it is ONLY used for things related to her medical treatment, co pays, med bills, prescriptions, ect 

You can see the recent copay attached. Jim and I have spoke and if anyone would like to see the bank statements on the donated PIF money, I would be happy to share it publicly. Its all tracked.

Again we would like to thank each one of you for your kindness, support and love.

I will update you all after surgery next week. For now we must rest, 8-9 months of this has exhausted us both.

Also attached is a huge pile of PAID med bills for Raquel. Thank You NCKA ❤

Update. Lots of big bills like this one paid too. Youd be surprised how many of these we get.
« Last Edit: February 08, 2017, 07:53:31 PM by porky (bp) »


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Im happy you guys are keeping the books transparent, and it says a lot about the PIF commitee and their integrity.  God bless you and praying for your family brotha.  :smt001
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Thanks for the update Brent!!

So glad that Raquel is hanging tough and moving forward, and that she has you there to help her with all of this.

Thanks again for being so transparent with all the funds...makes it a lot easier for the community to see where and how PIF funds are used.

Give Raquel and the girls a big hug for me!

 :smt008

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Sincerely,

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Get well soon and thanks PIF for all your work!


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Thank you for sharing your story, Brent.  I'm glad that NCKA is able to help your family through PIF.

Great job, PIF Committee.   
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Brent, thanks for the update!  Just glad to be able to help you and Raquel!  Our thoughts are with you and your family, and hope that everything goes smoothly with the surgery. Stay strong and let us know if you need any help!
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porky (bp)

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Were back down at the hospital today. Raquels 3rd surgery, shes also fighting a nasty cold. Thank you NCKA for the love n support.


Fish Master1

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 :smt008... Always thinking about you and your family brother! I am honered to be part of the committee AND to be a part of NCKA! You all rock!!!
..........Sincerly A-Hull Muggle.


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Thanks bro. Love ya!

So she is out of surgery. Shes sore, swollen, tired and buzzed up 👍 Just waiting till we can take her home. Again, this surgery wouldnt have been possible with out you all. Thanks for the love. I hope the good karma brings you all happiness and good health. ❤🌲

Jim can u fix the sideways pic? Still not sure why it does that to me 😍

Id also like to give a big overdue Thank You to Allen for keeping this site going and supporting PIF. Id also like to Thank Joel, without Joel the spirit of PIF would have never happened. And of course thank you NCKA members for growing PIF into a beautiful thing. And also the A-Hulls tireless efforts to help others through PIF ❤❤❤👍
« Last Edit: February 16, 2017, 02:13:18 PM by polepole »


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Thumbs up and a smile! I love it!  :smt006
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polepole

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Jim can u fix the sideways pic? Still not sure why it does that to me 😍

Fixed it for you.

Best wishes to Raquel, you and your family.

-Allen


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Thanks for the report. Glad to see she's smiling!  :smt001

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