"The San Jose couple's life together was thrown into chaos in February with a heartbreaking diagnosis: their 5-year-old son, Jayaan, had brain cancer. His parents had sensed that something was off last winter, when Jayaan's writing skills nosedived at preschool and he mysteriously lost balance on the left side of his body. What followed were months and months of anxious days"
"After a hospital social worker pointed them to the nonprofit, the family said, Jacob's Heart provided a slew of resources with all the care and attention of a family member. The nonprofit has paid for their energy bills at home, plus their groceries and gas. Nasta is the family's sole breadwinner at the moment as Punjwani practically lives at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford with Jayaan."
Teena Punjwani and Deepak Nasta's five-year-old son, Jayaan, received a brain cancer diagnosis in February. Parents noticed declines in writing and left-side balance loss months earlier. Jayaan underwent brain surgery and chemotherapy and attended occupational and physical therapy, blood tests and MRIs. Months of clinic visits and hospital stays followed. Jacob's Heart, a Watsonville nonprofit, provided financial help for energy, groceries and gas, delivered toys, arranged van rides to early medical appointments and offered in-person support during recovery. Nasta currently is the family's sole breadwinner while Punjwani remains at the hospital.
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