The Following Post has been copied from the facebook note sent out by Kyle Woodward, a very close friend of Peyton's family:
Peyton is the four year old son of Charlie and Sheila Sanchez and the older brother of Landon Sanchez. Unfortunately, Peyton has been diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis! Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder that disrupts cell growth in your nervous system, causing tumors to form on nerve tissue. These tumors can occur anywhere in the nervous system, including in your brain, spinal cord, and large and small nerves.
A few tumors have formed in Peyton's body, the most serious being on his optic nerve. This tumor will require Peyton to go through chemotherapy. Beginning July 30th and for the next year ahead, the Sanchez family will have to make numerous trips to Childrens Hospital in Denver, which is where Peyton will undergo his chemotherapy treatments. In order to help the Peyton and his parents with the medical bills, Michelle, myself and a few awesome friends (Amy and Jose Ortega, Jen and Tom Cliff) have organized a benefit dinner and silent auction. This event will take place at Ortega Middle School in Alamosa, CO on September 18th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Tickets for the dinner will be $10.00 for Adults and $5.00 for children under 12 years old. Tickets can be purchased from myself (719) 580-6666, Michelle (719) 580-1520, or Everything Wireless in Alamosa. Please help Peyton by joining us for the dinner, as well as spreading this info to as many people as possible. Also, we are currently looking for items for the silent auction. Any kind of donation (meals, golf trips, sports memorabilia, artwork,etc...) will be greatly appreciated!
A bank account for Peyton has also been set up at San Luis Valley Federal in Alamosa. Donations can also be made to this account. I do not yet have all of the details on this account. As soon as I get the bank account info, I will post it on this page.
Finally, We are working on having a 5K run for Peyton on the morning of September 18th. Look for more details on this in the very near future.
Thank you in advance to everybody that contributes to helping the Peyton and the Sanchez family!
Kyle
Monday, July 26, 2010
Peyton's Prognosis
At Peyton's most recent oncology appointment, the Doctor decided that Peyton should start chemotherapy for the tumors on his optic nerves. Doctors are certain the tumors are affecting his vision considerably. This will hopefully prevent any further vision loss.
Peyton's family will be making weekly trips to Denver to take Peyton to his appointments.If you would like to know more about NF, click on the following link for the Children's Tumor Foundation. http://www.ctf.org/
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