Bay Ridge family raising funds for homeless child with cancer
A Bay Ridge husband and wife who are dealing with the stress of having a young daughter with leukemia are opening their hearts to help another family struggling to cope with the devastating illness.
Matthew and Nicole Kabel, whose two-year-old daughter Sally has been undergoing medical treatments for 18 months, have agreed to have their house be a drop-off point for donations for the Bardowell family. Nine-year-old Casey Bardowell has pre-b Acute Lymphcytic Leukemia, a rare form of the disease, and has been undergoing treatments at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan.
The cost of the medical treatments, which have included a bone marrow transplant, have overwhelmed Casey’s family, according to friends of the Bardowells, who said the family recently lost their home to foreclosure and have been forced to move into a homeless shelter in Manhattan.
Casey’s mom, Tracy Glasgow, has been unable to work because she spends all of her time caring for her daughter, friends said.