I am not sure where to begin by telling you about Nathan James Fogg . He has recently been diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma and we are looking to find any help we can to help with medical and living expenses
He is and extraordinary young man. He is the oldest child of 7. When Nathan was 10 years old his father James died of a heart attack. At this point there were four children 10 and under. It
was him and his 3 brothers and sisters who were 9, 6, and 4. As you can imagine this was so very difficult on all of us. I tried to make sure that Nathan did not have to worry and just to be a kid. He would have no part of it. He automatically took the role as head of household at 10. He would tell his friends he couldn’t ride his bike or go play on days Mommy was sad even though I pushed him to do it. If anything needed to be fixed he had to do it, when his baby sister couldn’t tie her shoes he made her sit down and learn with his gentle guidance. This is just the way he is. When Nathan was 12 I met his stepfather Kevin. He had 2 children who were not in a good situation. When we married we sat the kids down and asked if they would have the two children move in with them and share their room and things. Nathan was the first one to say” when we needed help people helped us we should help now” We then had a new baby and brought the child count to 7. Soon after his stepdad left to do two tours in Iraq with the Army. Right away again Nathan stepped up and took head of household and was there for all 7 of them. They all truly adore Nathan because of his big heart and easy going ways. As Nathan grew this caring nature was not just about his family it was also about friends and at times complete strangers. You drive around town with Nate in his “Red Truck” you won’t go very far before you have someone honking or waving to him. A friend would breakdown in the woods Nathan would be there if a person would be sitting on the side of the road broken down he would stop to see if he could help. He has always had a great talent for fixing things and has become a mechanic that many people have come to trust not only to fix their cars but also his honesty with fair quotes. If he can fix it for cheaper he is the type of person to give money back. He is always busy, not only with trying to start his own garage but his D.J. business and all around handy man. Nathan has always been caring and giving no matter what he does or with who it is. He would do things like donate his time for benefits like helping Nicolin and Lindsay Stevens with his D.J. services and do it gladly. About a month ago Nathan discovered a lump on his neck. Within a matter of weeks it had grown the size of a baseball. Nathan just turned 26 in January and because of this he was no longer on our insurance. He put of going to the Dr’s because of expenses. He is self-employed trying to make a go of his talents. He has always been independent and never asks for help. He pays all his own living expenses from his work, but just cannot afford medical insurance. Finally he just couldn’t take it and went to the doctor’s. They did a biopsy and a cat-scan and the outcome was not positive. They told him he has lymphoma and have scheduled a surgery for October 31 to further investigate what they are dealing with. This will come at a huge cost to Nathan. Money he just doesn’t have. As you can imagine we as parents are heartbroken mostly over his health but also devastated over the fact that financially we are unable to help. We are looking for any guidance at this point that will help Nathan. The stories could go on and on of people he has helped in so many different way I think it is now time we can step up and help the wonderful, loving, giving, caring person get healthy.
