Everyone for Emily
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"I am good."
"Please don't feel bad for me. There are so many people worse off."
"I'm okay."
"I can do it."
"If you insist on doing something for me, please do something for my mom. She is the one who has to take time off of work and drive me to Pittsburgh."
Emily Peters is not your typical young woman.
When offered help, she often utters one of the responses above, but she is wrong. She not only deserves our emotional and financial support, she needs it now more than ever.
After graduating from Southmoreland High School, Emily Peters was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer. She has bravely endured chemo, even when her kidneys started failing; various surgeries; and lengthy hospital stays.
Now, next week, when she should be celebrating remission, Christmas cookies, and mistletoe, Emily begins her next round of treatment for an aggressive recurrence: more chemo and more surgery. On Wednesday, December 5th, Emily will be at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh for an amputation.
As a teacher, I won't accept that we watched this beautiful young woman grow and learn, to let this be her life.
As a cancer survivor, I know the emotional and financial burden of this monster, and I won't let that add unnecessary stress during this time.
As a mother, the only peace I found while battling cancer was knowing that the diagnosis was mine and not my child's. I will do anything that I can to help the pain being endured by this child and mother.
I hope that you all feel the same. Hopefully, Santa is listening too!
"Please don't feel bad for me. There are so many people worse off."
"I'm okay."
"I can do it."
"If you insist on doing something for me, please do something for my mom. She is the one who has to take time off of work and drive me to Pittsburgh."
Emily Peters is not your typical young woman.
When offered help, she often utters one of the responses above, but she is wrong. She not only deserves our emotional and financial support, she needs it now more than ever.
After graduating from Southmoreland High School, Emily Peters was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer. She has bravely endured chemo, even when her kidneys started failing; various surgeries; and lengthy hospital stays.
Now, next week, when she should be celebrating remission, Christmas cookies, and mistletoe, Emily begins her next round of treatment for an aggressive recurrence: more chemo and more surgery. On Wednesday, December 5th, Emily will be at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh for an amputation.
As a teacher, I won't accept that we watched this beautiful young woman grow and learn, to let this be her life.
As a cancer survivor, I know the emotional and financial burden of this monster, and I won't let that add unnecessary stress during this time.
As a mother, the only peace I found while battling cancer was knowing that the diagnosis was mine and not my child's. I will do anything that I can to help the pain being endured by this child and mother.
I hope that you all feel the same. Hopefully, Santa is listening too!
Organizer and beneficiary
Jenna Hixson
Organizer
Donegal, PA
Emily Peters
Beneficiary