Recently diagnosed with cancer, a Grand Chute firefighter is in the fight of his life. His fire service family and community doing all they can to support him and his young family.
Twenty-seven year old Brad Siewert and his wife, Hailie, welcomed son, Ivan, two months ago. But, it was the news they received a month before their son was born that changed their lives. “When you’re eight months pregnant and you get a phone call that your husband has cancer, it’s stressful, but we’re getting through it,” says Hailie Siewert.
A lump, on the back of Siewert’s neck, was cancerous. Following surgery and radiation, he learned the cancer had spread - there were nodes on his lungs too -- and he was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma. “Once it metastasizes, it’s generally really hard to get under control.