as rhabdomyosarcoma.

He had a softball-size tumor in his pelvis that had metastasized to his lymph nodes and both lungs.

“He’s an extremely hard worker. That’s who he is. That’s part of him,” Margot said. “He worked until the day I drove him to Iowa City. He was inpatient for 16 days.”

Every two weeks, Brice travels to Iowa City for chemotherapy. At the end of the year, his family hopes surgery will remove the tumors and make him cancer free.

Crowdfunding health care

After his cancer diagnosis, Udelhoven had to stop working. Treatment left him weary and exhausted. He suffered nausea and lost 40 pounds.

He traveled frequently to UI Hospitals to receive doxorubicin, a chemotherapy drug his family also called "the red devil."

To qualify for benefits from his job through Local 234waiting period.

So the Udelhovens turned to the community. They made a Facebook page with updates on Brice's condition and planned a benefit to raise money. They made shirts and planned a barrel-racing competition.

Margot updates the Facebook page with Brice's health and fun anecdotes about the kids. Though the more than 700 people who follow the page don't all know Brice personally, they know the family's plight through her stories.

"I couldn't stop my mind from picturing myself as a widow with 3 kids at the age of 26," she wrote on the first Facebook post on Aug. 14.

"Some of the meds have some not-so-great side effects, including making him even more tired. He has also found sucking on mints to be comforting. Subway also seems to be something his