Chaminade Grad Fighting Cancer for the Second Time is Seeing Progress

Image via Go Fund Me

A Chaminade High School graduate had plans of attending Holy Cross College in the fall to become a doctor, but a diagnosis on July 1 has instead landed him in the doctor’s office as a cancer patient for the second time.

James Gould, who has been fighting for his life these past few months, may be able to go home for Thanksgiving if all goes well.

A recent post on his Go Fund Me page said a CT scan revealed the fungal infection and nodules in his lungs are gone.

The post said Gould will move into Columbia Presbyterian and begin eight days of intensive chemotherapy followed by one day off before getting transplant.

Gould will require a bone marrow transplant once he gets into remission.

The Go Fund Me account was created by a family friend to help ease the extreme financial burden the Gould family is facing.

The fundraiser, which started Thursday, July 30, has already raised $43,935.

• Donate to the James Gould Fund here.
• Read: Chaminade Grad Battles Cancer for the Second Time

Gould is no stranger to fighting battles. He battled Hodgkin’s disease, a cancer of the immune system, during his junior year at Chaminade.

Read the full update on Gould here:

“This morning we are having a big family breakfast with James and waiting for phone call from Columbia Presbyterian when his room is ready. All his procedures went well last week and the fungal infection and nodules in his lungs are gone as CT scan last week showed nothing which was a great surprise. James is at his strongest point right now and we all anxiously yet nervously have been waiting for this day. We will be moving into Columbia today and James will begin the next step on his journey tomorrow morning when he will begin 8 days of intensive chemotherapy followed by one day off before getting transplant. If all goes well we hope to have him home for Thanksgiving and will have plenty to be thankful for.