Adam and Alissa Ingersoll

This is a couple in our ward that is going through so much their 1st year of their marriage. Although I don't know them well, it still struck a chord hearing about their situation.

Adam's Story

It all began back in May of 2005 when Adam was first diagnosed with a fast growing aggressive cancer called Non Hodgkins T-cell anaplastic lymphoma. What a struggle he faced! Despite powerful medications and intense treatments, his condition only worsened. This cancer wrenched itself more deep into his body, determined not to let go. Yet, through the loving mercy of our Father in Heaven, late in the fall of that same year, the cancer miraculously went into remission. Adam wasted no time getting back into the full swing of life. He quickly found himself back in school, back at work and back looking at pretty girls. He didn’t have much of a chance to look at pretty girls before his heart was quickly stolen by his sweet Alissa. Together they’ve lived as full a life as any young couple you’d find. Now together, they face new challenges and fears, as it was recently discovered that Adam’s lymphoma has relapsed.

Adam's Situation

In September, Adam returned to the oncologist because of constant pain he was having on the left side of his body. It was found that his cancer had relapsed. He had several new tumors, including one the size of a tennis ball behind his spleen. With recurring lymphoma, a traditional chemotherapy regimen will not take care of the cancer. He must then undergo salvage chemotherapy and have a bone marrow transplant, a very delicate procedure. Essentially, what happens is Adam will receive intense chemo and radiation treatments, destroying all his bone marrow while eradicating the cancerous cells. He will then be “rescued” with healthy, transplanted bone marrow. Due to the strong affects of all this, Adam will be hospitalized for several weeks and then be confined to home for up to a year, and with God’s blessing, on the path to full recovery.

Due to the uncertain length of time of Adam’s recovery and to the mounting costs of his treatments, Adam and Alissa are facing a financial struggle. This is the last thing we want them to worry about, and probably the biggest way that those concerned can truly help them out.What can you do?

Now you ALL can help! There will be a fundraiser event on Thursday November 15 at 6:00 PM at American Fork High School. We will be having dinner, a silent auction, and more--IT WILL BE LOTS OF FUN! Anyway....we now have the tickets--the cost is $20 per person, $10/child (ages 4-10), and $80/family. All the money will go to help Adam and Alissa pay for pay for chemo, the transplant, and any other medical bills. All the tickets must be purchased in advance so we know the exact number of people attending.

100% of the proceeds go to the family. The Luau is catered by a local company for free! There will also be a silent auction and a rally. If any of you are interested contact me and I can give you the phone # to purchase tickets.

An account called the "Adam Ingersoll Fund" has been set up at Bank of American Fork and donations can be made to this fund at any time to any Bank of American Fork branches.

For those interested, Alissa keeps a current update on Adam's situation at adamandalissa.blogspot.com