Vincent Lee is my husband of 8 years, a deacon in the church, and the loving father of nine children. Our kids range in age from adulthood to kindergarten. Jr is 32 and married. they live in New Jersey. The twins are 30 and work in healthcare. Isaac is 24. He graduated from college 3 years ago and is still finding his way. He works with his dad as a machinist. Simon is married, works in law enforcement and just gave us our first grandbaby. Jayden is 19 and in college. Hayden is a Senior in high school and ready for college. He wants to major in Marine and Oceanic biological. London is 15, a raising football star, and a Jr Deacon, following in his fathers footsteps. Then there’s Victoria. She had a hard start in life, born at only 24 weeks. She was only 1lb 9oz and 12” long. She was our Christmas gift 2019, coming home from a 87 day NICU battle. She went through years of therapy. I wasnt able to work during those years. I devoted every ounce of energy to caring for her. I went back to work in early 2023. it felt like life was returning to normal or as normal as possible. 
 

Shortly after our 5th anniversary, Vincent started experiencing some troubling symptoms and went to the doctor. They were concerned and sent him for testing. Three months later, we recieved the diagnosis- stage 2 prostatic adenocarcino. It felt like our whole world was shattering. After going through so much, more was around the corner. If we didn’t have our church community to lean on, there is no telling how we would’ve managed. 
 

Doctors started hormone blocking therapy immediately to starve the tumor and they scheduled a procedure called brachytherapy where 92 radioactive seeds were inserted into his prostate. A few weeks later, he started radiation. Treatments went well (minus some sickness, exhaustion, and a plethora of side effects) and it all seemed to be behind us but 10 months later, his symptoms returned. Doctora sent Vincent for a CAT scan (which insurance wouldn’t pay for). They called us to the office the next day for the results. The cancer had spread. The diagnosis- stage 4 prostatic adenocarcinoma with advanced metastates to the lymphatic system. So we start over at square one.

That was 6 months ago. Since then, he completed more 48 more radiation sessions and will be continuing hormone blocking therapy for the next 18 months. Throughout all of this my devoted husband has only taken 16 days off work, including 2 weeks for the surgery and throughout radiation five days a week! We had to cancel our vacation to the beach in July, because we couldn’t afford to go.. and the rescheduled one in October to the mountains. We haven’t had a vacation in 7 years now. 

He has good insurance but it doesn’t cover everything and household bills are piling up. We now owe more than $15,000 in hospital bills and $8,000 in credit card bills. Christmas has been almost non-existant since his diagnosis which is har to explain to a 6 year old. The older kids are a bit more understand and supportive. We need your help! This kind, caring, selfless, loving husband and father needs your help. Anything you can bless us with would allow him to take some time to recover and catch up on bills.