Silas' Support Squad

31/01/2026

Head on over to Magee Elementary School and get your donation in today. 🧡

30/01/2026

Tomorrow at Magee Elementary School!!! Thank you Two Rivers Public Schools for letting us use the gym again.

Please consider donating blood to help save a life. Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin is the primary provider of blood products to over 56 hospitals throughout the state of Wisconsin.

There are still appointments available for this Saturday. Our goal is at least 30 donors. Please consider donating to help save a life.

Your blood is a lifeline, and January is National Blood Donor Month. Silas' Support Squad has coordinated another blood drive with Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin in support of our little hero, and to help ring in his birthday (February 4th).

WHEN:
January 31, 2026
8:00 am - 1:15 pm

WHERE:
Magee Elementary School Gym
3502 Glenwood Street
Two Rivers, WI 54241

HOW:
Appointments preferred but walk-ins are more than welcome.
Call 877.232.4376 or use the link below to schedule.

https://donateblood.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/11626891

If needed you can contact Kari Rajnowski directly via Facebook messenger for scheduling your appointment.

As a thank you for your donation or attempted donation, all donors will be going home with a pickleball set.

29/01/2026

There are still appointments available for this Saturday. Our goal is at least 30 donors. Please consider donating to help save a life.

Your blood is a lifeline, and January is National Blood Donor Month. Silas' Support Squad has coordinated another blood drive with Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin in support of our little hero, and to help ring in his birthday (February 4th).

WHEN:
January 31, 2026
8:00 am - 1:15 pm

WHERE:
Magee Elementary School Gym
3502 Glenwood Street
Two Rivers, WI 54241

HOW:
Appointments preferred but walk-ins are more than welcome.
Call 877.232.4376 or use the link below to schedule.

https://donateblood.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/11626891

If needed you can contact Kari Rajnowski directly via Facebook messenger for scheduling your appointment.

As a thank you for your donation or attempted donation, all donors will be going home with a pickleball set.

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas from Silas’ Support Squad, and thank you for all your continued prayers and support.

28/08/2025

14/07/2025

Good evening support squad.

I’m sorry I haven’t posted an update in a long time, and I promise I will when I am able to.

But for now I am just asking for all of your prayers and good vibes. Silas is very very sick and could use them.

01/05/2025

Good evening support squad.

Tomorrow Silas starts phase 6 of his cancer treatment. This next phase is called “Delayed Intensification” and I am nervous and scared as hell.

You may remember at the start of this terrible nightmare, I mentioned that Silas is in the “high risk” category in order for him to beat this, based off a genetic test he had done (FISH test). This next phase is where that comes into play.

Silas will receive 9 different chemotherapy medications during the next 2 months. Some he has received before, and some he has not.

Tomorrow (May 1st) Silas will go under anesthesia again for a lumbar puncture and chemo injection through his spinal fluid (methotrexate) and he will also receive doxorubicin through his port.

Doxorubicin is nicknamed “the red devil” mainly because of the color of the medication (red) but also because this specific chemo has the potential to attack and shut down his heart overtime.

Since he will be receiving this specific chemo throughout this phase, Silas had to have an echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) on April 17th. Thankfully the results from that have come back “normal” but we were told that he will need to have routine echocardiograms for the rest of his life because of doxorubicin. 💔

Also during this phase Silas will receive the chemo that he is allergic to, in an effort to desensitize his body to it. Since the potential is so high for another reaction, they will directly admit Silas the ICU (intensive care unit) on May 5th.

Silas’ medical team has been mentally preparing us for this phase for several weeks now, so I have decided that I will take a leave of absence from my job towards the end of May when they are anticipating his blood counts to hit rock bottom, and to start seeing more intense side effects, worse than any phase so far combined.

I have come to the reality that I will be paying for medical bills from this nightmare for the rest of my life, but for right now I need to be there for my Son, during the hardest part of the worst chapter in our lives. 🧡

For now…enjoy a picture of Silas doing what he loves most…riding his quad!

31/03/2025

We are so honored to be nominated for the Kasey Herman Memorial beneficiary this year. Truly means the world to us.

For those of you who are local, and looking for something to do on Saturday, stop down at the Eagles Club in Manitowoc and win some dinner, raffle baskets and a cash raffle! You do NOT need to be a member to attend this event!

Thank you for everything you all do to support Silas during his battle with cancer. 🧡🧡🧡🧡

28/03/2025

Good evening Support Squad!

Guess who got to come home after only ONE night in the hospital?!

Silas started phase 5 yesterday which we call “the backpack” phase. This is because he needs to carry a small backpack which holds a chemotherapy called Blinatumomab which will be a continuous infusion 24/7. You all may remember this phase as he has done this one before in phase 3.

Yesterday Silas also went into the operating room for another lumbar puncture and intrathecal methotrexate. (Chemo injected into his spinal fluid), as well as a PICC line placement.

The PICC line is how he will be receiving the Blinatumomab for the entire month. Even though Silas has a chest port, he chose to have another PICC line placed because having his chest port accessed for that long is uncomfortable for him. I am so proud of him for advocating for himself with that decision, and thankfully they were able to place it in his right arm. (Silas is left hand dominant)

Everything about yesterday went extremely well, which is why we were able to come back home so soon. If you’ve been following along with his cancer journey since the beginning, you know that if something could go wrong, it usually goes wrong.

Thank you to every single one of you that is cheering Silas along and supporting our family. Your support does not go unappreciated or unnoticed. We are forever grateful. 🧡🧡🧡