Bartlesville community raising money for family
Credit: KJRH | Tulsa | Channel 2
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FOR A FATHER WITH CANCER..HAS BEEN TOLD... HE MAY NOTHAVE MUCH TIME LEFT.HIS FAMILY..
IS RACINGAGAINST TIME TO MAKE SUREEVERYONE GETS TO MAKE THEMOST OF HIS DAYS.TWO WORKS FOR YOU'S KATIEKELEHER... TELLS US HOWTHEY'RE BRINGING A FAMILYSEPARATED BY THOUSANDS OFMILES... TOGETHER.ALEX AND TORI MEIJER GOTMARRIED SIX YEARS AGO.
WHENTHEY MET, TORI WAS LIVING INBARTLESVILLE WHILE ALEX WASLIVING IN THE NETHERLANDS.THEY'RE NOW THE PROUDPARENTS OF THEIR DAUGHTER,EMBER, WHO TURNS TWO INMARCH.RENE BURNS, TORI'S BOSS"It's so fun to see themtogether.
And then I've hadjust the joy of having himwith Ember.
And it warmsyour heart, him being thecaregiver and her connectionto her daddy." THEIR WORLDWAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN LASTJUNE WHEN ALEX WAS DIAGNOSEDWITH STAGE FOUR COLONCANCER.
JUST TWO MONTHSLATER.DOCTORS FOUND ITSPREAD TO HIS LIVER ANDLUNGS.
HE'S BEEN GETTINGCHEMO EVERY TWO WEEKS.BUTRECEIVED MORE BAD NEWS THISWEEK.
AT JUST 33 YEARSOLD.HE DOESN'T HAVE MUCHLONGER TO LIVE..AMANDA DANIELS, TORI'SCOWORKER "They realized thatthe cancer has grown andspread.
The blockage is solarge that he's not able toeat.""Tori's a 3rd grade teacherhere at Hoover Elementary.Her school family wanted todo something to help out herand Alex.
They decided tofly his family from theNetherlands to Oklahoma tosay goodbye."AMANDA DANIELS, TORI'SCOWORKER "I just can'timagine them not getting tosee him at least one moretime.""A kid is sick, whetherwe're three or 43, we wantto be with our parents.
Wewant to be able to see momand dad,those that comforted us whenwe were little." THEYCREATED A GO FUND ME TORAISE MONEY TO BRING ALEX'SPARENTS AND BROTHER HERE.
SOFAR, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TOBOOK A FLIGHT FOR HIS DAD.ANY EXTRA MONEY RAISED WILLGO TO TORI AND EMBER INTHEIR BIGGEST TIME OF NEED.RENE BURNS, TORI'S BOSS "Andit breaks my heart to thinkof that little girl raised,having to grow up withouther daddy.
And Tori, havingto continue the journey oflife without her soulmate."YOU CAN FIND THE LINK TO THEGO FUND ME IN THIS STORY ONKJRH DOT COM.IN BARTLESVILLE, KATIEKELEHER, TWO WORKS FOR YOU.THE RED CROSS IS ASSISTING AFAMI