Family seeking public’s help to fund teen’s vocal cords surgery

Stephon Welch

The family of a 15-year-old Friendship Secondary School student has turned to the public for financial assistance to afford him the opportunity to undergo much needed surgery in Colombia for papilloma on the vocal cords.

Stephon Welch has had hospital visits for the medical condition since he was 8-years-old, when test results revealed he had a growth on his vocal cords (Papilloma with Sq. epithelium).

Two months after finally being able to put a name to his condition, Welch had to undergo an emergency tracheostomy as