Newport young man fighting cancer with all he’s got…
Alex Ashton, 22, Newport
A stubborn cancer won’t let go. Costlier treatment required. Desperately needs a community boost.
Alex Ashton is a young Newport man who is fighting for his life to outlast cancer. Alex was diagnosed with B-Cell Lymphoma in October 2018. Alex and his doctors thought at one point they had it beat. But it came back. Treatment must go to a higher level. So Alex and his mom are aiming for one of the leading cancer research hospitals in the world. OHSU in Portland – a research center that has been making great strides with new approaches to kill all kinds of cancers. And luck is helping too.
But it’s expensive – in this case it’s the price of life. But if everyone pitches in whatever they can, it just might put Alex over the top. To help him just click here.