On a day like today, Veteran's Day, when people take a chance to reflect on how lucky we are to have the freedom that we have in the United States we should also think about how lucky we are to have the ability to just live life.
Some people don't have that option to just live life and it's heartbreaking for people around them, like their spouses and kids. Cancer can take away the simple joy of life, but people like Christy O'Connor May are tough as nails. Christy is a woman I went to high school with and has had the unfortunate thing of cancer strike her down.
She's had to spend a couple of months in the hospital away from her kids and husband. The type of cancer that has affected her is rare form of internal melanoma cancer at stage four. She is now at home with her family, but part of this cancer has attacked her spine and has left her paralyzed from the waist down. Christy is a fighter and will continue this fight with her kids and husband. She has been getting regular chemo and radiation treatments to battle this disease. She'll be having a CT scan to see how effective these treatments have been on shrinking and halting the progress of the cancer.
The other aspect of having cancer is the financial burden it places on a family. Like many other people who suffer from any type of cancer, Christy and her family are suffering financially. Just paying bills and making life comfortable for her daughters is a struggle right now. Any type of feeling normal is not there right now for her and her family.
With this being said, Christy and her family are pretty private people. Any type of donation you can give the May family is/will be greatly appreciated. As you can only imagine, the family is struggling to adjust to their new normal.
Here are some links to help out:
1. http://www.gofundme.com/mayfamily
or if you live in close to Portland, Oregon and can give the family a meal:
2. http://mealtrain.com/0gelv
Thank you for any kind of support you can give the family in this time of need. Spread the word and the help.
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