My younger sister Amy is 32 years old, and began the year on January 1st by delivering her son, Leo, stillborn at 24 weeks. What wouldn't be found until months after was that Amy has something called Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP). This causes polyps to form over time in the colon, which turn into cancer, and by the time it was discovered Amy had stage 4 cancer that was in her lymph nodes and liver.

In April my wife and then 8 month old daughter and I went to visit for 10 days. The day we landed Amy had a colectomy, removing her colon, which was full of hundreds upon hundreds of cancerous polyps.The picture listed here is from that visit.

Fast forward 5 months or so, and after 4 rounds of chemo Amy's cancer in the liver has grown to a point where it is inoperable and unresponsive to chemo. The next round of more aggressive chemo begins October 4th. It carries approximately a 10% chance of being effective.

My parents were able to go be with my sister. However, the purpose of this page is because myself (Justin), my wife and daughter, along with my younger brother Nick would like to see Amy, but do not have the means to do so.

It is extremely humbling to ask for help, and I am sure that even if no help comes will find away to get to Amy.

My relationship with Amy has grown over the past years to be very close (with an ocean between us). Although our interactions generally have to take place by text or FaceTime, we have made a point to be a part of each other's lives. When my wife and I lost our first pregnancy to a chromosomal abnormality, Amy was a great source of comfort and strength. When Chris and Amy faced the same struggles in trying to have a child (while not knowing about the cancer within), I was able to support and love Amy through that.

Amy's nice Amelia, my daughter born August 11, 2016, is another reason I want to travel with my family to be with Amy. Amelia sees many family members by FaceTime, but consistency lights up with Auntie Amy is on the other end of the phone. Amy is such an incredible and caring Aunt, and I want for my daughter and my sister to be able to interact and create memories together.

I have tried to be brief in this description. Ultimately Amy's prognosis is not good. Amy is dying. I believe in miracles and have hope that she can beat the odds. But if that is not what is in store for Amy I would want to spend as much time with her as possible. At the very least I hope we can be an encouragement and source of strength for Amy. Thank you