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A family in Salmon Am received what a friend described as 乌鸦传媒渢he worst news imaginable乌鸦传媒� recently when they learned their 9-year-old son has a rapidly growing cancer.

Chad Inglis, a Salmon Arm RCMP officer, has started a GoFundMe page, Gage乌鸦传媒檚 Fight, for his co-worker Tyler Penney, and Penney乌鸦传媒檚 family Marlena, Gage, 9, and Savannah, 6.

Inglis said Gage had been experiencing issues with his stomach this past winter and had been in and out of the doctor乌鸦传媒檚 office and emergency department. His stomach was hard and about four times normal size. On the weekend of Jan. 14 he was airlifted to BC Children乌鸦传媒檚 Hospital in Vancouver. A large tumour was found as well as cancer around his stomach walls.

Gage has since undergone two surgeries, along with bone marrow and spinal fluid tests, which resulted in a diagnosis of Stage 3 Burkitt Lymphoma. This means he will receive at least six months of intensive chemo, Inglis said.

Gage is in remarkably good spirits with his parents by his side giving him all of the love humanly possible, Inglis reported.

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Inglis and Penney both started their RCMP careers in Kitimat and then transferred to Salmon Arm about seven and six years ago respectively. Inglis speaks highly of Tyler and Marlena.

乌鸦传媒淭yler and Marlena are both proud and humble people, and are the last ones to ever ask for help, but the first ones to offer it. Both are extremely giving people that constantly help those around them. Tyler has been a first responder for over 12 years now and the amount of people he has impacted and helped during his career is immeasurable. Marlena operates her own business, running a Spa full-time (Well乌鸦传媒橲pa) around Tyler乌鸦传媒檚 ever changing shift-work schedule,乌鸦传媒� Inglis wrote on the GoFundMe page.

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Currently, Gage乌鸦传媒檚 parents are staying at Ronald McDonald House while Savanna, in between visits to see her big brother, is with her grandparents in the Fraser Valley.

Because neither Tyler nor Marlena can work now, the funds raised are intended to address financial difficulties so their minds can stay concentrated on helping Gage overcome the disease.

Inglis described the Penneys as a 乌鸦传媒渧ery very good family乌鸦传媒� and said the parents were stubborn about not wanting a fundraiser.

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Inglis added that he doesn乌鸦传媒檛 want to pressure anyone to donate. He said the Penneys very much appreciate the support and they have said they don乌鸦传媒檛 know how they乌鸦传媒檙e going to be able to thank everybody.

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Inglis said that along with the , he and other officers at the Salmon Arm detachment have set up a bank account at SASCU under the name Gage Penney, account number 1832047, where 100 per cent of the money will go to the Penney family. The account can be accessed at all four SASCU locations: two in Salmon Arm, one in Sicamous and one in Sorrento. E-transfers can be made to: gagepenneytrust@gmail.com.

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