Imagine having a two year old battling cancer.

You're about to hear from a mother who doesn't have to imagine that she spoke today during childhood cancer day at the state capitol.

Her message, Kentucky can do better.

Imagine noticing changes that are not the norm.

And your youngest son, who is two at the time, vomiting.

That never seems to really go away.

Upset stomach loss of appetite and fatigue.

But no one will listen.

But you continue advocating for your child because he can't fight for himself.

He's only two and he can't describe the pain that he's going through.

On March seven, 2023, our world was changed forever after someone finally listened.

Cancer, a word that no parent ever wants to hear.

Our son Gregory Keith, Wyoming, the third whom we call Trey, was diagnosed with atypical terror to wrap the tumor.

Trey received 29 rounds of proton radiation that were not offered in the state of Kentucky.

Imagine having your family ripped apart because one parent has to stay home and work and provide for the teenage son that you're raising while the other one has to go through the scary part of treatment.

Imagine living almost nine months in the hospital, being told over and over that you don't qualify for many programs that can help your family during an unimaginable crisis because you don't meet income guidelines.

Having a baby determined by tax returns and gross income that you no longer bring home.

Imagine having medical bills come in that I'm one and everything.

You won't have a medicine that your child desperately needs to survive.

Cost thousands of dollars while being denied for disability with a completely disabled child.

But who can afford the costs of cancer?

Imagine watching a child who was so full of life all of a sudden fighting for his life.

A child who was left unable to eat what to drink and suffers from hearing loss.

A child that continues to suffer more after treatment and is unable unable to be a child because of how immunocompromised he is.

Imagine knowing that your son may not live to receive the help that he needs.

Realizing that government funded programs are not always easily accessible for all families who are facing a crisis right now, Trace fight is not only our fight, but it's everyone's fight.

Imagine if this were your family because it could easily be someone that you love.

My name is Ebony Lohman and this is my family, so I don't have to imagine.

The proposed House budget includes a record $15 million for childhood cancer research funding.