Story
Name
Taveis Duncan
Injury/Illness
Cancer
Taveis was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in June 2023 at the age of 11. As you can imagine, the devastating news of "your child has cancer" flipped our world upside down! Nothing could have prepared us for this life-changing event. Everyday life, as we knew it, was completely gone! I had to quit my job as a teacher to care for Taveis 24/7 while he was home-schooled. This placed a tremendous financial toll on our family. All savings were exhausted just to keep a roof over our heads. With today's economy, providing basic needs has been extremely tough! However, there is light at the end of the tunnel; we just need to make it there without losing everything! Soon, I will be able to work again and Taveis will return to school. Although life will never be completely normal again, we have faith that our situation will get better. Anything will help and thank you in advance for blessing us! One day, we will pay it forward to other families going through pediatric cancer because we now understand how devastating it is!