By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
A GoFundMe has been created for Staurt Bott, who is a former PE teacher at Wilson Elementary School and is now fighting stage 4 cancer.
He has been fighting cancer since 2023 and is receiving treatment at MD Anderson.
Stuart and his family relocated to Houston, Texas, where he is receiving treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center, according to the GoFundMe acccount.
Unfortunately, his most recent treatments have been unsuccessful, so Stuart is now undergoing an innovative clinical trial involving TIL therapy. This treatment involves removing a tumor, collecting the immune cells within it, and growing these cells in a laboratory to create a powerful army of T cells. The hope is that, once infused back into his body, these cells will recognize and attack the cancer cells, the GuFundMe said.
After successfully undergoing surgery to remove the tumor for this treatment, Stuart was unexpectedly readmitted to the hospital just three days later. Doctors discovered a perforated bowel, requiring emergency surgery. Thankfully, the operation was successful, and after spending two weeks in the hospital, Stuart is now home and beginning his recovery, teh GoFundMe said.
He still has the second phase of his TIL therapy ahead of him, which is scheduled for mid-November. This will require another hospital stay of approximately two to three weeks, followed by additional recovery time, the GoFundMe said.
With everything Stuart has been through, he is unable to return to work until December or January, depending on how his recovery and treatment progress. In the meantime, the financial burden on him and his family continues to grow, the GoFundMe said.
All funds raised will go directly toward Stuart’s ongoing medical expenses, health insurance premiums, and essential household bills, helping to ease the financial burden on him and his family while he focuses on his treatment and recovery, the GoFundMe said.
If you are unable to donate, sharing this page with others would mean just as much to them. Every contribution, prayer, share, and kind thought makes a difference, the GoFundMe said.
As of Monday morning $800 had been raised of the GoFundMe's $16,000 goal.