November 13, 2024
Seven-Year-Old Clermont Student Jordyn Grace’s Inspiring Battle With Cancer
By Kyle Coppola
Seven-Year-Old Clermont Student Jordyn Grace’s Inspiring Battle With Cancer
Lake County, FL – The family of 6-year-old Jordyn Grace is reaching out for community support as their young daughter faces a challenging battle with Ulcerative Colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease that has caused her significant pain over the past year. As her condition has intensified, Jordyn’s parents are urgently seeking both financial and spiritual support to help manage the rising medical costs of her treatment journey.
Jordyn, described as a “sweet and loving little girl” and a cherished answer to her family’s prayers, has been dealing with severe symptoms in recent months, necessitating advanced medical interventions. Recently, she began infusion therapy with Renflexis, a treatment aimed at reducing inflammation and helping her live a pain-free life for the first time in over a year. The initial phase of the treatment requires loading doses over the course of two, four, and six weeks, with maintenance infusions every eight weeks thereafter.
While insurance covers a portion of the medical expenses, Jordyn’s family is still responsible for 20% of all out-of-pocket costs, which have already surpassed $50,000. The additional cost of infusion treatments will add roughly $18,000, placing an even heavier financial burden on the family.
“Watching your child suffer is the hardest thing a parent can endure,” Jordyn’s family shared in their appeal. “Asking for help isn’t easy, but knowing our community stands with us gives us strength.”
The family is requesting any help possible with donations to help ease the financial strain. If you are unable to give, the family has asked the community to give through prayer for Jordyn’s healing. They are also encouraging supporters to share her story on social media to spread awareness of her journey.
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
