Our precious daughter Naomi Thomas/Gentry, is fighting a battle that no child should have to fight - the fight against cancer. Naomi is barely 17 years old and in 10th. grade. Even with having special needs she is tender-hearted and so loving. She really wants to donate her time to help other kids with cancer". Even though people didn’t know why throughout the 9 months why her belly was growing bigger and people asking if she was pregnant, it didn't deter her from her mission...to help a child in need. On Thursday Naomi came home from school complaining about leg pain. When getting ready to go to bed we noticed a significant lump on her belly and brought her to the emergency room. They took X-rays and said it was just constipation. So with that said we went home and treated it as it was constipation, see that we are not doctors. The next day Naomi had been in her bed crying saying her belly was hurting so bad she couldn’t even breathe, and has been getting progressively worse over the course of a couple of days ( originally thought to be constipation). We told Dr Helm about what happened the previous evening at the ER and how she just had constipation needed to go back home and it would pass. Dr Helm was shocked and concerned, so he ordered an emergency CT scan, where they found a tumor ( called Stoli-leydig cell tumor) a very rare tumor that only a 151 people in the United States ever known to have this kind of cancer risk tumor. So Dr Helms and Dr Goodmen her oncologist, agreed and got the ball rolling for her at Payton Manning, children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. Where they removed her ovaries (so she will never have children). The tumor that was removed weighed over 27 pounds and sent it off for testing in Michigan. They're still conducting tests on Naomi. They have identified another malignant cysts on the lungs and kidneys that appears to be aggressive. Naomi is taking all of this like a brave little Princess. There are many more test ahead, 5 days of chemo in a week in the hospital for 4 cycles with 1 cycle is 21 days long. She will also need a port, 3 months of blood transfusions, and Dicer 1 mutation. And she will be in and out of the hospital for an undetermined amount of time. With all of this going on it’s hard to believe she is still all smiles. That’s why we have started this Go Fund Me account to ease the burden off us, Alan & Tiffany Gentry. Right now Tiffany is the only one working, ever since Alan is disabled and handicap do to a serious accident in his truck over a year ago. Over the next days, weeks, months and years ahead they will need to be at countless doctor appointments, hospital stays and surgeries. As you can imagine the normal costs of every day living...such as rent, food, gas, car, etc...the medical costs can be astronomical. This will enable us as Naomi’s parents be able to concentrate on Naomi getting well and fighting this wicked disease called cancer. From the bottom of our hearts we humbly ask that you share this link with friends and family and if possible in giving (any amount will help). We thank you for your support and God bless each and every one of you!! Alan & Tiffany Gentry