January 1, 2025 Zachary finished his 6th round of chemo 2 weeks ago. This past Monday the 30th we went the Charlotte to Atrium Health to the Levine Children’s Cancer unit to have pt scans and meet with our doctor who will be treating Zac with Proton radiation. Due to it not being completely gone still we will be doing 20 rounds of Proton radiation so we will be staying in Charlotte for a month. We will be starting in just under 3 weeks. During this time I will be taking a leave of absence from work to accompany him. I am hoping we will have better luck with getting a room at the Ronald Mcdonald house so we do not have to get hotel rooms again as we just had to.

August 15, 2024 update Zac will be getting admitted into the hospital Monday atleast a week to start chemo and radiation treatment. His doctor still has not given us the final result of what type of cancer it is yet. She is waiting for confirmation from the National Institute of Health out of Baltimore, Maryland before she tells us as she said it is rare for a child to get. Zac is looking at about 9 months of treatment.

August 7, 2024 Zachary went to the pediatrician due to a lump on his neck. We assumed was a swollen lymph node we were sent for a chest x-ray. After two short hours we were called and sent to the pediatric er then admitted into the children's hospital. Zachary was diagnosed to have cancer. Test showed a baseball sized tumor in the collarbone area and a large mass in his lung cavity roughly a 9"×6". Currently still waiting on the exact diagnosis of what type of cancer. Hoping to get enough answers from the biopsy to start treatment this coming week. We are looking for what ever help that can be given big or small would be greatly appreciated. This can help with medical bills, prescriptions, co-pays, food and gas. Not to mention possible help with time out of work to be with Zachary. No one ever thinks this could happen to them and we are all still learning to accept it.