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Believe it or not, my mom has an amazing spirit about her, and I have always known her to be a fighter.<\/em><\/p>\n Diagnosis: <\/strong>Stage II Carcinoma in situ (diagnosed 08\/14)<\/p>\n Treatment: <\/strong>Mastectomy, Chemotherapy, Radiation, Lumpectomy, Hormone Treatments<\/p>\n Grant used for: <\/strong>Transportation assistance<\/p>\n Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story: <\/strong>Mary and her husband are retired and live on a fixed income. Their daughter describes them as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153selfless people who do so much for our community and others.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Over the past few years, Mary and her husband have faced several difficult health diagnoses. Mary suffers from Parkinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease and Meniere\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease, an inner-ear disorder that causes episodes of vertigo. Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s husband was also recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.<\/p>\n In August of 2014, Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doctors discovered that she had carcinoma in situ. She underwent a mastectomy and lumpectomy, but after her surgery her doctors discovered that he had cancer in two lymph nodes. At the time her grant request was submitted, Mary was scheduled to undergo chemotherapy, which would be followed by radiation and hormone therapy.<\/p>\n In the grant application, Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daughter wrote, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am not certain how my parents make it day-by-day with a fixed income.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Their health problems have made it difficult for Mary and her husband to pay their bills and take up a large amount of their time and focus. Typically, radiation therapy requires continual sessions, which means that Mary will need to travel over 70 miles round trip each day for her appointments.<\/p>\n Despite all of these difficulties, Mary is still able to show an incredible amount of grace and faith. On her grant application she wrote, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still able to count my blessings.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d She is thankful for her supportive family and the many \u00e2\u20ac\u0153prayer warriors,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d who are asking that she and her husband get well.<\/p>\n With the help of our kind hearted donors, SOPFCA was able to provide Mary with a grant to pay her auto insurance. We were also able to provide her with an ARCO gas gift card. This grant will go a long way toward helping Mary make it to her chemotherapy and radiation treatments so she can beat her cancer once and for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grant Recipient: Mary Believe it or not, my mom has an amazing spirit about her, and I have always known her to be a fighter. Diagnosis: Stage II Carcinoma in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-study"],"yoast_head":"\n