An Alabama teen flew to Los Angeles forlife-saving treatmentin his fight withstage four bone cancerafter the Trump administration stepped in to help.
Will Roberts, 15, made a plea for help on his mom’s Facebook page on April 22, appealing to the president andHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“I’ve been fightingosteosarcomafor the last 16 months. It’s a very, very, very deadly and very hard-to-treat bone cancer,” he said in the video clip, asking for help from anyone with connections to the White House.
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“My chemos are just not working, and I’ve been fighting it for a little bit now, January of 2025. And not much is working,” Will continued, adding that his mother had been researching an experimental drug.
“We’ve tried basically everything there is, and we’re getting toward the end of the road, and I need help.”
An Alabama oil tycoon and real estate developer, Ric Myers, saw the message and forwarded it to Trump,AL.com reported.
It then spread across the administration — from First Lady Melania Trump to Kennedy to Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Oz put the family in touch with the Sarcoma Oncology Center in Santa Monica, which offers “innovative clinical trials and experimental treatments to offer hope for those facing hard-to-treat cancers.”
Will made an appointment and flew across the country for treatment, thanking his backers for helping get him to the Golden State.
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