Iraan community members are rallying support for sophomore Braden Kent and his family after his cancer diagnosis this past week.

A GoFundMe page has been started by the family’s friend Blake Andrew for those wanting to help financially. To donate you can find the GoFundMe page online by clicking https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-braden-kent-through-his-journey

As of Wednesday morning, the GoFundMe page showed that there was $12,725 raised.

Kent’s mother, Katrina Kent, said that the support has been beyond amazing and she is beyond thankful for support everyone has shown.

“It’s been amazing. To even say amazing is like an understatement. We’ve been so overwhelmed and blessed. I’ve got several friends. My friend Blake Andrews, she had multiple myeloma and she went into remission. She’s the one that started the GoFundMe account. She was Braden’s principal at the high school at one time before she retired,” she said. “We’ve had several donations. Donations to the GoFundMe. Donations through our Venmo and Cash App. Random strangers just handing some of our friends at home cash, some checks. We’re really blessed.”

Braden originally went into his doctor in Rankin, Dr. Robert Baldree on Sept. 7 after being pale for a prolonged period of time and having pain in his hip and back.

After his blood work came back and the results showed his white and red blood counts, as well as platelets were extremely low, Baldree recommended that they go to the ER at Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock so a bone marrow biopsy and spinal tap could be done.

The next day Braden received a bone marrow biopsy on Sept. 9 and the results came back showing he had Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. That night he received his first round of chemo, followed by another the next day.

“He took it well and didn’t have any problems,” Katrina said on Monday.

The Iraan community flooded the streets for his arrival from Lubbock on Sept. 13, his first return since being diagnosed with cancer, to show their support for him and his family.

Katrina said that her 16-year-old son, who is on the Braves football team, will likely get chemotherapy treatments once a week for the next six to eight months pending on his response to treatments.

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