What This Story Is About
- A fundraiser was held on Sunday for 23-year-old Gary Burdick, who is currently dealing with cancer treatments for stage four Burkitt Lymphoma Cancer, despite years-long struggles with his health.
Why It Matters
- Over the course of just over six years, Burdick has faced a deadly fungal infection, a life threatening pulmonary fungal lung infection, survived a major tornado and just recently, diagnosed with stage four Burkitt Lymphoma Cancer.
- Burdick says his main goal when he gets better is to be able to ring the remission bell
For Context
- Sunday’s fundraising event consisted of music and dancing while highlighting the Seymour community coming together to raise money for Burdick’s treatment.
Catch Up
- It started at just 16 years old, when he was diagnosed with restrictive cardiomyopathy and needed a heart transplant.
SEYMOUR, Tenn. (WVLT) – Facing death is something 23-year-old Gary Burdick is no stranger to.
It started at just 16 years old, when he was diagnosed with restrictive cardiomyopathy, where the only cure was a heart transplant.
Since then, over the course of just over six years, Burdick has faced a deadly fungal infection, a life threatening pulmonary fungal lung infection, survived a major tornado and just recently, diagnosed with stage four Burkitt Lymphoma Cancer…