Darrin Clock’s daughter Katee recently diagnosed with cancer.
wdaytonco August 11th, 2007
After visiting the doctor to have some issues checked out, Darrin’s daughter Katee found out she has colon cancer! The unbelievable odds of father and daughter fighting cancer at the same time are incalculable and colon cancer in young people is very rare. Katee’s cancer is in stage 3, which means surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
Given the location and stage of the cancer, Katee will have to have both chemo and radiation. The chemo should not be too bad, as it is a well tested drug with much less side effects than Darrin’s was. She will have thinning of her hair, but probably not total loss. The radiation, however, may cause serious complications for the future.
As Katee needed to drop out of college for the treatment, the health insurance company is required to drop her from Darrin and Kim’s insurance. They will need to have Katee go on COBRA, which is very expensive, but cheaper than paying for the treatment without insurance.
Many of you have asked what you can do to help Darrin and his family. The best thing you can do is to donate whatever money you can to help Darrin and Katee pay their medical bills. Katee’s college apartment landlord let her out of her lease early, but Darrin still has to pay 2 months rent plus utilities. Darrin’s medications are very expensive too!
Prayers help too and are much appreciated. Cancer treatment is both expensive and emotionally draining and every little bit helps. We will have a paypal link up soon to make donations via credit card on this site. Thank you to everyone who has helped so far!