Raising Kaine

05/26/2025

UPDATE:

I’ve been meaning to use this page more. Maybe I’ll start with this hospital stay. I’m ready for my very own Home Alone movie except instead of my family leaving me at home, i’m just left navigating different hospitals by myself.

Tomorrow I start a 5-day IVIG infusion treatment to help calm down the party in my brain (aka encephalitis). My neurologist knows I’m here and will be stopping by before they plug me in and pump me full of the good stuff.

Really hoping I score a spot on the 4th floor, it’s basically the Ritz-Carlton of hospital stays. Room service vibes, big windows, and the kind of silence that says “you deserve luxury healthcare.” Plus my main man Paul is up there!

Appreciate all the love and check-ins. If youd like to donate to my GoFundMe, as this will create another massive hospital bill (these infusions are crazy), I’ll leave that link below. Im also going to include the link for my tshirts! And as always, if you cant donate, a share on my story goes just as far as it exposes me to hundreds upon thousands more. I’ll post updates if the brain fog lifts long enough for me to remember my password.

GFM: https://gofund.me/8d9203e0
Tshirts: https://palatehouse.printful.me/product/this-shirt-cures-cancer

05/19/2025

Please follow my brand’s new page Hautetrash! I wanted to make something that blended work wear, like Carhartt, with designer fashion, like Balenciaga and Vetements. We drawn our inspiration from where we grew up and the environments we were subjected to as children. Trailer trash meets Haute Couture. this is hautetrash.

https://h4utetr4sh.com

05/16/2025

Hello everybody! Wanted to tap in with my community and ask for your help again:

This is not easy for me to share, but I need your help. I’m Kaine Seitz—35 years old, father to an amazing little one, and I manage six incredible artists who pour their hearts into every note. Right now, I’m in Nashville, TN, fighting the toughest battle of my life: stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Chemo has ripped through my body, but the steroids they pump me full of have brought on psychosis that’s terrified me more than any tumor ever could. I’ve been in and out of hospitals, terrified of losing my mind and my life—all while knowing my daughter is waiting to go to Disney World

I started a GoFundMe because the medical bills are crushing—and because every day I stay here is another day away from my baby, away from my bed, away from the life I’m fighting so hard to keep. I’m terrified, exhausted, and I can’t do this alone.

If you’ve ever been able to spare anything—even a few dollars—to help cover the cost of treatment, travel home when I’m well enough, to support Isla or just keep me fed and sheltering through this storm, I would be forever grateful. Every donation, share, or word of encouragement is a lifeline.

🙏 Please visit my GoFundMe https://gofund.me/8d9203e0
💌 Share my story with your friends and prayer circles.
❤️ Send love in the comments to remind me I’m not alone.

Thank you for reading this. Thank you for believing in me. I’m fighting with everything I have—because I have to see my Isla smile again.

With all my heart,
Kaine Seitz

I've typed this about a thousand times over and deleted it every time. Can… Kaine Seitz needs your support for Support Kaine's Battle Against Stage 4 Lymphoma

04/30/2025

Thought it might be time for me to have a buddy around, so I decided to get an emotional support dog. Everybody meet Isla’s new best friend Oreo

04/24/2025

My consultation at Vanderbilt is coming up, and I’m still needing to raise more funds for the trip, so I wanted to take the opportunity to remind everyone that I am selling t-shirts that I personally designed myself! All proceeds go toward Vandy and Isla. We’ve sold way more than I could have anticipated and it’s been incredible to see people genuinely love the shirts.

If you aren’t the fashionista and would still like to support, I have a GoFundMe I am running as well. I wouldn’t still be here without the donations and support of this community so I want to wholeheartedly thank all of you for being so kind.

With love,

Kaine

GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/8d9203e0

All profits from this shirt go directly to Kaine's cancer care and expenses.

04/23/2025

Headed to Bloomington, IN today with Grandma and her gracious friend Ann, to see a pulmonologist about this new spot in my chest that’s near my heart. It could be one of three things; worst case scenario, the cancer spreading, or it could be inflammation or scar tissue. Let’s pray for the latter two. What the pulmonologist is doing today is determing whether or not this new spot is safe to biopsy. Since it does sit so close to my heart, there are some concerns about a potential procedure.

Send up some prayers for some good news today. We’ve had this appointment on the books for a couple of months so it’s nice to finally be to this point. Fingers crossed. Love you all

04/21/2025

Hello new followers!! Been seeing a lot of traffic on the page recently so I thought I’d say hi. Thank you all so much for following along and supporting Isla and I during this very difficult time.

Since I’ve been noticing more followers to the page, I wanted to be sure and share links for how you can support should you want to. I am running a gofundme as well as selling t-shirts that I personally designed myself!

If you aren’t in a position to donate, simply hitting that “Share” button does so much for Isla and I as far as getting our story out there goes.

Don’t worry about me. I’m too strong for this.

Love you all

I've typed this about a thousand times over and deleted it every time. Can… Kaine Seitz needs your support for Support Kaine's Battle Against Stage 4 Lymphoma

04/18/2025

These nights are the worst. Hell, every night. 2am hits on the screen and I’m sitting here wide awake. I’m so afraid. Ive been told my long term prognosis is optimistic and everyone seems to think I’m in this terrific headspace, but I am scared sh*tless. I don’t know, maybe I should’ve spent my time here getting closer to God. Maybe I’d have more comfort in what comes next. I’m scared of what’s next. I’m not ready for what’s next. I want to be here. I want to watch Isla grow up. I want to watch her fall in love and get her heart broken and break other boys hearts and see what she does with her life. I want to watch all of my friends succeed. I want to design a few more things. I’m not done being here yet. I’m not ready to go. I can’t put on a front all of the time like I’m doing incredible, because the truth of it is that I’m not. I’m in intensive therapy to try and help navigate all of this, 3 sessions a week. You can be given all the coping skills in the world and cancer just quite frankly doesn’t care about them.

I’m tired of these nights lying here staring at the same ceiling with this same quilt and same pillow scared that I’m going to die. I’m just not done yet.

Here’s something I made inspired by a song that kind of feels similar to what I’m feeling now. It’s “The Battle of Costa Concordia” by Car Seat Headrest if you want to listen.

04/16/2025

Shirts are coming in for people! Grab yours today!

Again, all proceeds go toward Isla and my consultation at Vanderbilt. Thank you all for your support

04/15/2025

Just had a 30 minute phone call with Dr. Jallouk, my oncologist at Vanderbilt. At no point in the last 10 months has my other oncologist taken the time to do that. Dr. Jallouk wanted to check in to see how I’m feeling after last week and also get to know a little bit more about me. It was comforting to sense actual curiosity coming from him in regards to his patients. I can already see the level of care I’m going to be getting at Vanderbilt.