Jamie and Carson’s Hope

Mom can’t afford treatment to save her kids.

The only hope Lori Keeping has for her 2 kids is stem-cell therapy.

By THANE BURNETT

Lori Keeping holds her daughter Jamie Huelin, 5, as her son Carson Huelin, 2, looks on in their Brantford home. (Toronto Sun/David Lucas)

BRANTFORD — Whatever is troubling you today, it’s likely ludicrous and insignificant.

And the last blow-up you had with your child — the clothes they were wearing, the volume of their music or even dropping out of college to work in a deli — wasn’t important.

Not in the world of Lori Keeping, who may never again hear the word “mom” spoken by her two youngest children.

Pity the parents who bravely cope with a single child who suffers a terminal disease. But spend a moment and try to fathom the crushing weight looming over 28-year-old Lori, and her partner Sheldon Huelin, 33, who have learned that both their 5-year-old daughter, Jamie, and their 2 -year-old son, Carson, both may have a short time to live.

And their only glimmer of hope is controversial: A series of stem cell procedures available — for a price the two factory workers can’t afford — on the other side of the world.

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