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slipjig3I just got off the phone with my mom.
She wanted me to say thank you to you all.
See, she's the reason why I'm doing this in the first place. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis several years ago, and has been fighting every step of the way: following every scientific breakthrough, keep on top of her own medical care like a hawk, participating in the MS Walk in Chicago every year until she was physically unable to do so. She has been fighting this disease tooth and nail. She is not going to let it beat her.
It doesn't surprise me. She takes after her parents. My grandfather will by 91 this year, and is still a powerhouse. When he was diagnosed with cancer not too long ago, the prognosis was poor, and many of us feared the worst. We needn't have worried: he went through the treatments, flirted with the nurses, and kept right on truckin'. This is the Sampsell family stock, and the Sampsell family stock isn't going anywhere until it's damn good and ready.
A donation to this Blogathon, a donation to the National MS Society, is a donation that keeps my mom fighting. That's why I'm here.
Blogathon 2007
In support of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Sponsor me!
Current pledge total: $325
She wanted me to say thank you to you all.
See, she's the reason why I'm doing this in the first place. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis several years ago, and has been fighting every step of the way: following every scientific breakthrough, keep on top of her own medical care like a hawk, participating in the MS Walk in Chicago every year until she was physically unable to do so. She has been fighting this disease tooth and nail. She is not going to let it beat her.
It doesn't surprise me. She takes after her parents. My grandfather will by 91 this year, and is still a powerhouse. When he was diagnosed with cancer not too long ago, the prognosis was poor, and many of us feared the worst. We needn't have worried: he went through the treatments, flirted with the nurses, and kept right on truckin'. This is the Sampsell family stock, and the Sampsell family stock isn't going anywhere until it's damn good and ready.
A donation to this Blogathon, a donation to the National MS Society, is a donation that keeps my mom fighting. That's why I'm here.
Blogathon 2007
In support of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Sponsor me!
Current pledge total: $325
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Date: 2007-07-29 01:45 am (UTC)Good for her. And thank you for doing this on her behalf.
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Date: 2007-07-29 04:25 am (UTC)