After a year of corresponding with a nameless and faceless woman, I was finally able to make personal contact with my patient. Her name is Fran Waldman, and she is alive! She is 100% cancer free and getting better every day.
She and her husband Harvey and daughters Chavah and Dvorah have become part of my extended family. We’ve all spoken on the phone numerous times, traded emails, become Facebook friends. The first time we spoke we could barely get the words out through the tears. In no time, we were like old friends.
I will write more next month after we meet in person. I’m helping to organize the Andy Beck Memorial Bone Marrow Drive on December 4th in memory of my friend Susan’s husband. Fran always said that she would help out anytime and be the face of successful bone marrow transplants. I don’t think she realized it would be so soon! She and her family will be flying into Denver on Saturday December 3rd.
I can only imagine how moving it is going to be to meet Fran and her family. Stay tuned for the stories!
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