Guest guest Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 If any of you have been following the Grace Extraordinary Parent contest, here is news on the winner. ( is a member of my local support group…she was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple of years ago…her son, , who has Ds,was diagnosed with leukemia when he had blood work drawn for his heart repair. Both are doing well now, although had another scare this past week. She truly is an amazing person, and very deserving of the award. KathyR ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** Hello friends. The wait is over and I can finally share the good news. I was recently a finalist in Grace's (CNN Headline News) Extraordinary Parents Contest. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/01/GraceExtraordinaryParentContestFinalists/index.html Well the good news I had to wait until today to share is that I am the Grand Prize Winner! We taped a show last Tuesday night, via satellite, and it will air tonight at 8 PM EST on her show on CNN Headline News. We all fly to New York tomorrow, for 3 days, to meet Grace on the set and enjoy some of the sites of NYC as a family. We are so excited! You will find out during the interview that I was diagnosed with cancer to the left ovary this past Tuesday, just before the show taped. Well, the good news is that after the show was taped, I had a PET scan on Friday and it shows NO spread of the disease. Aside from some spleen abnormalities, all is good! In fact, because I had the preventative hysterectomy (which is how they found it), on May 2, they caught it so early that I won't have to have chemo! I guess that makes me a survivor? I am so relieved and blessed to have this news. It proves that a person HAS to be proactive about their health. They canceled my surgery once and it looked like it was going to be a year before my hubby and I could get the vacation time off from work to do this. Thank God Dr. Method was able to work my surgery in on a Friday night! Tune in to Grace tonight! If you miss it, you can probably check back to her web site and view it online later. Thanks!! Dolezan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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