Susan Angelstad says her brother isn’t ready to give up on life in the face of cancer.

“Jerry has not for one second thought that this will kill him. Not for one second. He really wants a cure - so we really want to give it to him.”

She has started an online fundraiser to send him to a clinical trial in Texas. Doctors there say they may be able to help him with drugs not available in Canada, Susan said. The initial cost of the treatment is $50,000.

The shy and quiet Jerr, 65, has operated Angelstead’s Quick Cobbler for 45 years, Susan said. He started feeling ill in the spring and was diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer in October, she said.

The drug he is on can only slow the cancer, not stop it, she said.

"I really wish it had been kicked up sooner - but I know with kidney cancer often it’s not picked up until it has spread.

“I just want to get some treatment for him, the best I can do, so that he can get back to his shop and back to his customers and back to what he loves to do.”