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Archive for October, 2009

30 Oct, 2009

Update

Posted by: Wes In: News

Last Saturday I returned home from my 3 weeks of treatment in Michigan, I feel a lot better and don’t know exactly what’s to come in the next few weeks just yet.  This Monday I repeated a Bone Marrow Biopsy so that we can see what’s going on with my situation and what we need [...]

11 Oct, 2009

Treatment

Posted by: Wes In: News

Here is a picture of Wes receiving treatment last week at Dr. Fata’s office in Clarkston MI. The treatments went for 6 hours a day 5 days a week. We would like to thank Dr. Fata and his staff at Rochester as well as the Clarkston offices. Wes has currently been [...]

06 Oct, 2009

Update

Posted by: Wes In: News

Unfortunately I found out last Friday that my MDS has now progressed into Acute Leukemia. I’ll be an out patient for this week. Which means I’ll drive to Michigan everyday, get 9 hours of Chemo and then come home. But at the end of this week I’ll be admitted to the hospital there and be [...]



  • Sandy and Don Marino: Wes, So glad you are finally at Bethesda. We are praying for you. Dr. Fata told us you were going and he was so happy that this was finally taking p
  • heidi wolff: i hope you get well soon
  • heidi wolff: wes you are in my prayers every day,i hope you will recover well.my thoughts are with your dad too ,to keep him strong,he is a wonderful dad.....<3

About

Wes Laporte, 18, local to Belle River, ON with family; Brian (father), Maureen (mother) and Brother Matthew have been thrown into a roller coaster of issues. Wes has been diagnosed with the beginnings of Leukemia, without treatment Wes' condition is fatal. Father, Brian works in Alberta as a pipe fitter, however, as Wes' condition has gotten worse has had to take a layoff to take care of his family. Mother, Maureen works on an assembly line to help make ends meet.

The situation for Wes and his family is not good. Wes' only chance is to receive newly-developed treatments in the United States. With no out-of-country insurance, the Laporte family are reaching out to the community to aid funding, and to ultimately save their son's life.