Josh was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (BALL) in January of 2025. Josh was an average energetic, outdoor and sport loving 12 year old that quickly became sick almost overnight. He went from being on the schools basketball team and fishing and when he wasn’t fishing or playing in a school game or practice he was playing basketball at home. He was constantly active. He started having leg pains which we thought were the normal growing pains but they became intense pains. Then he became sick one day with what we thought was strep throat and he was treated for strep throat but he continued having fevers on and off so I decided to take him to a different doctor where we discovered he had lost 12 pounds within a month. This doctor done every blood test she could think of and everything was good except a blood work that most people have never heard of or thought of, Ferratin. It was really elevated and she informed me that it was odd for him to run fevers so often, have an elevated ferratin level and lose weight like he was. The weight loss was a big concern. She had no idea what was going on and decided to send him to a children’s hospital for further medical attention which is where about 50 medical professionals later and 4 days later we received his diagnosis… This is where Josh’s journey began and although we were reassured of his prognosis being a great one it still just feels so uncertain and uneasy when your child receives this news. We were still so scared of the what if’s, is he really gonna be okay, what if he reacts to the treatments, is he going to tolerate the treatments, and aside from all of that we knew Josh and just life in general was about to change in every way that we knew it and that was very very scary. We just don’t know what to expect. Josh’s dad and I both worked full time. I immediately knew that I had to quit and stay at home. Aside from Josh and everything going on with him he has 3 siblings that are all in school. So I just knew with them and their normal day to day life on top of Josh with his diagnoses, he wouldn’t be going to school for awhile, he would have multiple trips to his oncologist a week. We live two hours away from the clinic that is providing services for Josh. The commute a couple times a week is taking a toll on the vehicle and it’s expensive to go back and forth and it’s exhausting. We do what we have to do. Josh has phases throughout his 2 year journey of treatments where he is hospitalized numerous times and when he isn’t hospitalized he is at home while his siblings are at school living a normal life and he struggles with feeling lonely. I am around him at all times but a 12 year old boy just doesn’t want to hang out with mom or dad all the time and I understand that. Josh just needs some things to help occupy him Aside from Josh needing help to be occupied we are struggling with vehicle maintenance. I am driving one vehicle that we have leased right now but living two hours away and making multiple trips a week I have really added the miles to it. It’s having its own issues in the motor that needs to be checked out. I have a vehicle that is in the body shop that has been worked on it has a new motor put in it and it is complete and my dad gave me this vehicle and told me he would pay the payment if I could get it fixed. So the vehicle is complete and just setting in the parking lot and has a bill needing to be paid before I can take it. I have already paid $600 in the bill but the remaining balance is $3700. If I don’t get this vehicle out I am going to end up without a vehicle soon. I am not asking for anyone to pay for my vehicle to be taken out but if we could get help to buy groceries and necessities for our children that is money we could save to pay for the vehicle being fixed. When Josh sees that I am stressing or struggling he starts stressing and he is very aware even if I put on a smile and tell him I’m fine. He was my first born and the one that I grew up with he knows when mama is not at ease. Josh takes in everyone else’s emotions as his own he is a very special child. He loves everyone and more importantly loves Jesus!