She has launched a GoFundMe campaign that has raised more than $15,000 in less than a week, quickly exceeding her goal of $10,000. “I always liked this kid, what a nice guy,” said Kellie McNabb, who was Liam’s French teacher at Assikinack Public School on Little Avenue. In the latest effort, one of Liam’s former elementary school teachers has launched a GoFundMe campaign. The entire 17 months or so since the teen’s first diagnosis, which came just as the pandemic took hold, has been very tough on the entire family.īut now Nicki, Liam’s mom, has discontinued working as a child-care provider to spend time with her son and help provide him with the 24/7 care he requires, leaving the family with reduced income even though their expenses have increased.įriends have responded, rallying around the family with fundraisers and meal plans. He has now decided to stop treatment to be with his family at home without having to endure the side effects of cancer treatment. Liam lost his leg last year, but the cancer has continued to spread to his lungs and, more recently, to his spine, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. His youngest son, 19-year-old Liam, has osteosarcoma, which is the same type of bone cancer that afflicted Terry Fox, whose Marathon of Hope brought attention to the need to fund cancer research.
“I didn’t even know we knew so many people.” “We’re so very fortunate,” the emotional Barrie father of three told BarrieToday. As he goes through one of the toughest periods in his life, John Rothwell is overwhelmed by the outpouring of support his family is receiving.
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