Four-year-old NHL fan with terminal cancer not expected to last the week, but you can help.

A tragic story.

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Four-year-old NHL fan with terminal cancer not expected to last the week, but you can help.

A young National Hockey League fan isn't expected to survive the week, but it's not too late to help his family that has been put under tremendous financial strain as a result of his illness.

Four-year-old Connor Hayes was diagnosed with a rare cancer known as AML type Leukemia and while it seemed that the young man had initially beat the disease, it returned in force and now doctors have only given him days to live, making the circumstances all the more unbearable for his family. 

While it certainly will do nothing to ease their pain at the loss of their son, friends of the family have created a GoFundMe in order to help raise funs for palliative care as well as funeral costs going forward as the 18+ month ordeal has put the family in a difficult position. 

From the GoFundMe page:

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My lifelong friend Rob Hales needs as much help as we can give him.  Rob is originally from Kamloops and now lives in Calgary.  Almost 2 years ago his 2.5 year old son Connor was diagnosed with AML type Leukemia.  An extremely rare form of cancer, the oncologists barely had any past cases to refer to for stats and probabilities.  Every treatment imaginable was done for Connor and this past summer we thought we were in the clear.  In November, however, the leukemia was back.  After all the tests confirmed, the doctors gave the news we had all been dreading.   There are plans in the works for him to go into palliative care and then a respite home for his final days in what we anticipate to be this January.  

One can only imagine the financial toll it would take to be with your child in the hospital every day and night for over a year.   They have a daughter Sadie to care for still, who is 6 now.  They have gone through so much in the past 2 years,  keeping Sadie aware of why Connor needs more attention and still spending time with her.   Rob and Tanya are model parents and I think the world of them.  He is off work again while he arranges for the funeral and spends as much time with his family as he can in these final stages.  

I am asking for everyone's help financially so he doesn't at least have that added stress.  Every little bit helps.  The money will be used for him for the funeral, to help for the debt that has accumulated the past 2 years, counselling for the family, and for not forcing him back to work right away so he can mourn his son properly.  No parent should ever outlive their child, this is the least we can do for him and his remaining family.  It took us a lot of convincing for Rob to even be comfortable enough for us to do this.  He didn't like the feeling of asking for public 'help'.  He is very humble and doesn't want a hand out, but if anyone deserves the help it is absolutely them.

We don't want any of our readers to feel obligated to donate, we merely share this story so that those who wish to help may do so. You can donate here if you feel so inclined.

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