Welcome to Garrett’s CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place, so please follow this site for future developments.
In addition, you will find links for practical ways that you can help the family. A GoFundMe page has been created to help support the Browns with their significant medical and living expenses, and there is contact information for food/meal gift cards, as well (due to dietary restrictions, please no homemade food at this time). Thank you so much for your generosity during this time, the Brown’s are deeply touched by every message and gift. At this time, our “Tributes” for CaringBridge are fully funded. If you’d like to give directly to the family, you can visit the GoFundMe page linked in the “Ways to Help” section.
Garrett’s journey started four years ago, when he was diagnosed with a form of bladder cancer (Transitional Cell Carcinoma). Since then, he has undergone three separate rounds of chemotherapy/immunotherapy treatments and a variety of surgeries and procedures to address issues associated with his cancer and its relentless spread to other parts of his body. Through it all, he has been able to continue to serve his family, friends, church and community with his indomitable spirit and unshakeable faith.
More recently, on September 14, Garrett was hospitalized with a sudden and unexpected episode of neurological issues. After a series of scans and further evaluations ruling out a stroke, it was determined that the cancer had spread into his brain in the form of a metastatic lesion in his right parietal lobe. Unfortunately, because of the placement and nature of the lesion, it is inoperable and impervious to radiation and chemotherapy. On September 16, Garrett and his family were told that the cancer was terminal and that his prognosis was dire, giving him at most a few months to live. Hospice was recommended and Garrett was released from the hospital to go home.
Following his release, Garrett is now resting at home, together with Susan, Alec, Kenna and Delaney. He has no lingering neurological symptoms and, while weakened, is still able to get around and enjoy his family and visits from friends. He is encouraged by the love and prayers of so many, and the practical help and contributions from his friends and church community, as well.
The family has asked for your patience and understanding in reaching out and is requesting that visits be scheduled in advance and kept brief. Also, because of his compromised immunity, any visitors must be fully vaccinated/boosted, tested prior to visiting and masked while inside. Seasonal flu shots are also encouraged.
Thank you for your love, prayers and support of the Browns over these past four years, and especially now as they deal with this news. God is faithful and continues to hold Garrett in His loving hands. Here is one of the many Scriptures that Garrett has claimed throughout his journey:
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.”
Thank you all for your sweet words and prayers during this time. Right now, the Brown family is finding it really challenging to respond to every one of them, but please know they are reading every message, many times over. They love hearing his legacy live on and the stories and pictures they’re receiving bring comfort.
We will be having a service on Saturday, November 19th at 1pm to honor Garrett’s life and legacy. It will be held at Fair Oaks Church, where Garrett spent his last years serving. There will be light refreshments following the service. Details and address below.
At this time, we will be “memorializing” this caring bridge page, but will leave the GoFundMe active to continue to support remaining medical costs and funeral costs.
Saturday, November 19th, 2022 1 O’Clock in the afternoon Fair Oaks Church 11427 Fair Oaks Blvd Fair Oaks, CA 95628
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