# Maine mother sells weekend bakes to fund son’s rare tumour treatment

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/maine-mom-sets-up-charming-self-run-bakery-in-her-front-yard-to-raise-money-for-sons-rare-tumor-treatment/
- Published: 2026-11-03T06:48:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T07:07:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16259349/maine-mom-self-run-bakery-son-cancer.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Geopolitics, Health, Medicine, Politics, World

## Key points

- Maine mother sells weekend bakes to help fund her son’s treatment.
- Alec, seven, has taken oral chemotherapy since infancy.
- His family hopes an ultrasound could support a lower dose.

## Summary

Kalee Weatherwax, a mother in Maine, runs a small bakery stand in her front yard to help pay for her seven-year-old son Alec’s treatment for a rare tumour. The family business also gives Alec, whose immune system is weakened by treatment, a way to take part in community life.

Alec was diagnosed as an infant with kaposiform hemangioendothelioma, an aggressive tumour involving abnormal blood vessels, and has taken oral chemotherapy twice daily since then. Weatherwax says the medication costs $2,000 per box; she and her three sons sell baked goods at weekends, sharing menus and baking videos online with more than 12,000 followers. An ultrasound scheduled for the following month may help determine whether Alec can reduce his treatment dose.

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