Sarah was a patient at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. They are, quite simply, the best. I am very grateful that we had that resource available to us.
But chemotherapy is damned expensive, let me tell you. Sarah’s six months of surgeries and treatment cost almost a million dollars. We had excellent health insurance. Many others are less fortunate.
On Sunday, September 21, Nathaniel and I will walk in the 2008 Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. The Jimmy Fund helps pay for cancer research and care at Dana-Farber.
We are walking to raise money. We are walking to honor Sarah and remember her life. Most of all, we are walking because we believe we can make a difference. If everyone who reads this donates just $10, I will exceed my goal of $1,500.
We walked last year and it was a wonderful experience. I hope to walk again next year.
And I hope to live to see the day when we don’t have to walk any more.
If you do walk again, I hope you will post about it.
My husband and I are currently training to run a marathon to raise $$ for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I’ve also convinced my cousin to run with us. Within the past three weeks, we’ve raised almost $4K. Once this race is over, I plan to keep it up for as long as I am physically able. Sarah’s story breaks my heart. As do so many others. We will find a cure to the disease that is cancer. It will happen. We just have to keep walking – and running – until we do.