Help Eva Schoonover Fight Stage IV Sarcoma
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Hello Family and Friends,
Eva has been diagnosed with a rare form of metastatic (stage IV) soft tissue sarcoma. The road that awaits Eva, Harlan and the boys will be long, terrifying and unknown. But...if there was EVER a lady, ever...who was capable of beating something like this, it's EVA! And she needs all the help we can give her.
This has all happened so fast. As everyone knows, Eva is a remarkable mom to four amazing boys. She has a unique talent (toughness) of being able to juggle 3 toddlers and run the office at Harlan's shop at the same time. So, when she felt some discomfort 2.5 years ago, as tough as Eva is, she went and got checked out—her doctors found a small (2cm) mass that they thought was a benign uterine fibroid. These are very common in women who have multiple pregnancies so neither her doctors nor Eva thought anything of it. Fast forward 2 years, during the 3rd month of Eva's pregnancy, she again felt that something wasn't right. Her doctors found that the fibroid had grown and was now 14cm. Last week, on the 24th, Eva knew something was wrong and went to the hospital where she found out that the mass was now 20cm (it had doubled in size in a month); her medical loaded her into a Flight for Life and airlifted her to Denver where she underwent emergency surgery to remove the mass--and upon further evaluation, it was determined that it was not a fibroid at all, but in fact, advanced soft tissue sarcoma that had invaded multiple areas including her unborn baby; On the 26th, Eva and Harlan lost their baby and found out that the cancer had advanced to her liver and lungs.
So far, Eva has surgery to remove as much of the cancer as possible but her liver and lung metastasis are not yet operable. Eva and Harlan are meeting with a sarcoma specialist and await what's next; likely chemo and radiation therapy to get things under control. Then on to advanced treatment. Aggressive cancers respond aggressively to treatment and her doctors are focused on time. Time will get us to the next step. And your contribution will help make that happen. Anything you can do will help.
This has all happened so fast. As everyone knows, Eva is a remarkable mom to four amazing boys. She has a unique talent (toughness) of being able to juggle 3 toddlers and run the office at Harlan's shop at the same time. So, when she felt some discomfort 2.5 years ago, as tough as Eva is, she went and got checked out—her doctors found a small (2cm) mass that they thought was a benign uterine fibroid. These are very common in women who have multiple pregnancies so neither her doctors nor Eva thought anything of it. Fast forward 2 years, during the 3rd month of Eva's pregnancy, she again felt that something wasn't right. Her doctors found that the fibroid had grown and was now 14cm. Last week, on the 24th, Eva knew something was wrong and went to the hospital where she found out that the mass was now 20cm (it had doubled in size in a month); her medical loaded her into a Flight for Life and airlifted her to Denver where she underwent emergency surgery to remove the mass--and upon further evaluation, it was determined that it was not a fibroid at all, but in fact, advanced soft tissue sarcoma that had invaded multiple areas including her unborn baby; On the 26th, Eva and Harlan lost their baby and found out that the cancer had advanced to her liver and lungs.
So far, Eva has surgery to remove as much of the cancer as possible but her liver and lung metastasis are not yet operable. Eva and Harlan are meeting with a sarcoma specialist and await what's next; likely chemo and radiation therapy to get things under control. Then on to advanced treatment. Aggressive cancers respond aggressively to treatment and her doctors are focused on time. Time will get us to the next step. And your contribution will help make that happen. Anything you can do will help.
Eva and Harlan are in Denver for at least the next few days. The kids are with Grandma and Grandpa.
Please friends, help Eva get ready for a true battle. We'll be in touch shortly with Meal Train info and updates on Eva's progress, and of course, the Family thanks you for any help now and in the future as they fight the ultimate fight.
Organizer and beneficiary
brian scranton
Organizer
Ridgway, CO
Eva Schoonover
Beneficiary
