Support Anna Tower on her Cancer Journey

In December 2021, my beautiful, loving, adventurous sister-in-law, Anna Tower, was airlifted to Denver, Colorado where she was admitted to Presbyterian/St. Luke's Hospital and the Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, where she began immediate and intensive chemotherapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). After only five months of marriage, and only a brief opportunity to settle into their new house and life near us in Southwest Colorado, Anna and her husband -- my brother, Joe -- watched their whole lives suddenly upend as they were forced to relocate overnight.

Now, after a year-and-a-half of invasive, intensive, exhausting treatment -- including almost 60 days of inpatient treatment in the oncology ward, countless clinic visits, tests and biopsies, fluid infusions, lumbar punctures and bloodwork draws, as well as a mountain of medication and health guidelines for her now struggling immune system, not to mention an additional two cancer scares -- they have finally reached a milestone by passing over the protocol's final phase of treatment -- a nearly two-year course of oral and IV chemotherapy -- to undergo a rigorous nine-month program of immunotherapy that will hopefully ensure Anna's remission.

There is no simple way to tackle the logistical challenges they've faced already and will continue to face for the foreseeable future, nor the avalanche of billable medical dollars and insurance premiums that continue to accumulate. Any additional help during this incredibly harrowing period in their young lives is greatly appreciated.

I love these two people beyond words, and we are all very grateful for your generosity.