Let's help Addyson Stoll and family

Baby Addyson was recently diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma.  For those of you that don't know, Ewing's Sarcoma is is a very rare type of cancerous tumor that grows in your bones or the soft tissue around your bones, such as cartilage or the nerves. It usually affects people from the ages of 10 to 20 and has a high rate of being cured.  Ewing’s sarcoma affects about 200 children and young adults every year in the United States.  Addyson faces a long road ahead that will include 34 weeks of chemo therapy treatments including some inpatient 2 to 5 day stays in a hospital that is over an hour away from her home.  
I have known Addyson's mom, Heather, for many years. One of the benefits of living in a small town I guess.  While we were mainly just acquaintances, we became friends after we started working together full time in the spring of 2014.  During our time working together there were a few things that I discovered about Heather.  One was her devotion to her family and the other was her yearning for a child.  Within the last two years, Heather married Dan and had baby Addyson.  She was on top of the world.  That all changed a few short weeks ago.  When Heather told me about Addyson's diagnosis, my heart sank and I struggled for words.  It's true that when you hear news like this it's hard to find consoling words. What do you say? How do you act? What can you do?
 
Here is what we can do; we can help!  I want to help Heather and Dan during this trying time.  Heather had to take a leave of absence from her job to give Addyson the care she needs.  Dan works hard to support his family which entails long hours and being away from home most of the week.  I know that raising a family on two salaries is a difficult task.  Now with this family relying solely on one income with unexpected travel and medical costs, this journey will be extremely difficult and taxing. 

Let's join together and help alleviate some of this burden for the Stoll family.  Please remember that anything you can give will help tremendously.  Let's all keep baby Addyson and her family in our thoughts and prayers and do what we can to help. 

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