Reedley High athlete with chemo-resistant cancer hopes for miracle in Mexico

REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- 18-year-old Malachi Rios, a elder astatine Reedley High School, is erstwhile again warring for his life.

His conflict against crab began successful precocious 2022 erstwhile helium was diagnosed with signifier IV testicular crab that metastasized to his backmost and lungs.

When Malachi went into remission by May of 2023, helium was determined to instrumentality to the shot field, and helium did.

"Right erstwhile play was starting to begin, helium recovered retired that it came back. Through a batch of headstrong volition from him, the doctors decided to springiness him 2 games and helium took vantage of those 2 games," said Tony Gates, caput shot manager astatine Reedley High School.

He scored successful some of those games, past faced down his toughest hostile a 2nd time.

After undergoing dense chemotherapy successful San Francisco, meant to sound the crab out, helium got a devastating prognosis.

"At this point, each the treatments that are disposable to him failed, they're fundamentally deeming him incurable astatine this point," said Gates.

Incurable by chemo and radiation, Malachi and his household are praying for a miracle.

They started looking into alternate medicine and recovered 'Hope 4 Cancer,' a halfway successful Cancun, Mexico which offers a holistic attack to attraction and has helped thousands of patients implicit the past 24 years.

But the renewed anticipation comes with a ample terms tag.

"The outgo is astir $50,000 for the treatment. But she's hoping that the assemblage volition erstwhile again rally down Malachi arsenic they person already," said Gates.

A GoFundMe page has been created to rise the wealth needed. The program is to commencement attraction this month, which would past 3 weeks. Malachi should get him backmost location successful clip for thing other he's been moving towards.

"His extremity is to locomotion connected signifier astatine the Reedley graduation. He's moving hard successful homeschooling and each the things that spell into that," said Gates.

There volition besides beryllium a photography fundraiser Sunday April 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. astatine Hillcrest Farms.

For a minimum donation of $65, you tin get a 15-20 infinitesimal league and up to 10 integer images taken by nonrecreational photographers. No assignment needed. All wealth raised volition enactment Malachi.

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