Kristine

Kristine

Our dear friend, Kristine, is currently at MD Anderson in Houston having a stem cell replacement procedure that should give her a chance to live the life she should be living after having danced with stage IV breast cancer. This young woman has enriched our lives--together with the lives of many others--ever since we met her at a conference this year. This gal’s spirit is the real deal!

Ruth and I admire Kristine—her wisdom and go-for-it attitude are amazing. I’ve heard much about stem cell replacement therapy, but never could I have imagined the complexity of the procedure. My own chemotherapy pales in comparison with what Kristine is going through in surprisingly good spirits. She journals almost every day and always leaves me chuckling. Her sense of humor seems to peak when her life is on the line. Something deep within is telling me that one day soon these “challenging” days will be in her rear view mirror as she cruses down the road to wellness with her husband, two children and dear friends right there beside her. Is there any greater visual than that for me today? I think not.

“There are two more major hurdles to overcome---the 96 hours of chemo and the subsequent stem cell replacement, remember those CD34's---those prize puppies are going to come back clean as a whistle and will grow and grow and grow and I will live, live LIVE!!! Yeah for them & yeah for me!!!” –Kristine’s Journal 7/23/08

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