I recently found out about this story. For those reading this blog on a blackberry or iPhone, you might not be able to view the link. Essentially, it's one of the saddest, most heart-wrenching stories I've ever heard. Probably that you've ever heard as well. It's one of those that you have to ask how this is even possible. This kind of thing just doesn't happen.
There's a newsletter here in Miami called Just Ask Boo that I receive. 'Boo' is a friend of a friend and apparently knows everyone and everything in Miami. So, naturally, she started a newsletter as she was tired of people saying 'Well, just as Boo, she'll know'. It's a novel idea. You can go to this newsletter to find nannies, housekeepers, electricians, sell stuff, put notices about garage sales, you name it.
Well, last week I read the most disturbing notice. A woman in Miami was asking for prayer requests for a friend of hers. This week, she posted again with the link to a website. To raise money.
I can't get this story out of my head. For many reasons. One, it involves the dreaded 'C' word. Two, the family has a little baby girl. And last, this is just too much for anyone to bear and it can put anything in perspective for you. And I mean. Anything. The girl who posted the story went to college with the woman. Essentially, she just got diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. It's already metastasized pretty good throughout her body. The positive is that she was diagnosed with a certain kind that has a 75% rate of responding to treatment. The bad news....her husband was diagnosed 9 days PRIOR to her diagnosis with Stage 3 colon cancer. They have a 17 month old daughter named Sadie.
I don't know where you even begin here. As someone who has been on the sidelines with a spouse who survived cancer, I don't know how you both go through it at the same time. And, deal with having your first child. You can feel the personal struggle in these blogs of the woman. She started the blog, very similar to us. To keep the world updated on the progress of their family. Only now, she and her husband are posting to keep everyone update on the status of each other.
A few months back, the wife, Elisa, wrote a very powerful blog with lots of swearing. She was trying to come to grips (how can you, really?) with what is in front of her.
At one point she writes, 'This can't be Sadie's story'. That's all it takes. 6 words and you immediately know the battle they face. I don't even know these people, but this surely cannot be their story.
I know the power of prayer can be mighty. Please pray for them. Please donate to them. Neither one can work and they don't know what lies ahead for their daughter. A miracle just has to be in the cards here.
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