On September 30, 2021, our baby sister, Dana, was diagnosed with Stage IV Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer with a prognosis of 3-4 months to live without treatment. Dana, a Hospice Nurse and a 42 year old widowed mother of two children, already had a busy year ahead of her with her daughter and son both set to graduate in May. Cortney will be graduating

from Jacksonville State, and Colton from high school with a dual enrollment in Gadsden State.

Additionally, Cortney had a wedding date set for June 2022. Dana has dedicated almost half of her life to nursing and caring for others, with the past twelve years as a Hospice Nurse helping her patients make sure they have the loving care they need in the final months and days of their lives, yet compassionatley preparing their families for what is to come. Just this week Dana was approved to receive treatment at MD Anderson, a facility rated #1 in the treatment of Pancreatic Cancer. Dana, and her longtime boyfriend, Stephen Griffin, a retired Navy Chief, will travel to Houston, Texas on October 22, 2021. This will begin the series of visits to beat this terrible, invasive disease. Dana’s goal is to have started treatment by Cortney’s new wedding date of December 2021. Dana, who still has a lot of goals, understands she is in a literal fight for her life.  If there is anything that we can do to ease her burden, we want to help. All donations will be utilized towards medical bills, travel, and any unforeseen expenses while she is in this battle. Above all else, we covet your prayers for Dana and her children.