Today my brother Robert Martin was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He went to the doctor with fatigue and flu like symptoms thinking maybe Lyme Disease. The doctor ordered some blood work and shortly thereafter Rob was told to go directly to the emergency room near his home, more testing showed that his white cell count was zero and was transferred to Cornell Medical in NYC where the diagnosis was confirmed... leukemia.

As you can imagine, it was like a punch in the gut for his entire family. You see 2 years ago, Rob's wife Jackie gave him the only blood relative he has ever known, his beautiful daughter Aurelia. Rob was given up at birth (and we lovingly refer to him as the most adopted kid in town) and although he has spent a great deal of time trying to locate his birth mother, his efforts have been fruitless. He and Jackie are also proud parents of an amazingly talented teenage girl named Devani, and these 3 ladies are his reason for living.

Tomorrow Rob will receive his first chemotherapy treatment, his doctors have been incredible. This is the first of many and depending on how this next two weeks pan out, there maybe talk of bone marrow transplant or stem cell transplant as it is also known. He will be in the hospital for at least a month to receive a very aggressive treatment to fight this disease. Being that Rob has no biological family aside from his little girl, we may need to find a compatible donor as well.

As we all know, the health care system tends to put a very high price tag on our lives and insurance will only pay so much. And the bills that run a household don't stop when you can't work, they build up. He is in a hospital in NYC so of course there are travel and parking costs for his family to even visit him

Please help me to make sure that this horrible disease doesn't completely ravage their lives. Rob WILL BEAT THIS!! Please help his family live as close to normal lives as possible. Anything helps and is enormously appreciated.

Thank you all in advance for your prayers, positive vibes and love because I know there are literally hundreds of people who care about this beautiful family.

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