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Gaylene Woods, mother of Mackenzie, 11, Jordan, 7 and Xander, 2, and wife of Tony Robinson, first learned she had breast cancer in November.
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Family seeks help after breast cancer diagnosis
Published 11:36 PDT, Tue March 13, 2018
Last Updated: 2:12 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
Even when she was diagnosed with breast
cancer on Nov. 27 and the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes, Richmond
mother-of-four Gaylene Woods put her family first.
She continued to go to work to help her
family make ends meet only to learn just before Christmas that the cancer had
spread to both of her hips.
But the news was about to get worse.
After she was admitted to hospital in January
because of pain, doctors discovered the cancer had spread into her bones, and
that Gaylene had an aggressive form of breast cancer that had reached the most
advanced stage, known as Stage 4.
Now, with all of the unknowns that lie ahead,
her family is seeking financial help from the Richmond community during this
especially challenging time.
Gaylene’s sister, Corey Lewis, set up a
GoFundMe page (tinyurl.com/Gaylene2018) that aims to raise $9,000 to help the
family deal with the financial implications of Gaylene’s inability to work
while she fights for her life.
“My sister has started chemo/radiation
therapy and is in the fight for her life now,” Lewis wrote on the GoFundMe
page. “We kindly ask everyone to say a prayer for my sister…while she is
determined to fight and beat aggressive Stage 4 breast cancer. We are
fundraising money for Gaylene and family in their time of need and any
donations will be greatly appreciated.”
Gaylene’s husband, Tony Robinson, reached out
to The Richmond Sentinel for help in letting the rest of the community know
about the fundraising initiative.
The couple have four boys: James, 20,
Mackenzie, 11, Jordan, 7, and Xander, 2.
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