When Sally started this battle, I don’t think any of us could have imagined the extreme highs and lows that would come over the next 5 years. It was like she was dropped in the middle of a war zone with no warning at all, wounded, and fighting for her life. We’ve never seen her so brave, and us so weak. She fought every day with a vengeance. But when you are diagnosed at Stage IV, the doctor’s goal is to “manage” the disease that has entered your blood stream. Cancer is such a ruthless and relentless disease, it is very uncommon- especially at stage IV- to outlive the medicine. The cancer usually takes over before the patient is even through half of the available chemotherapies. Throughout her journey, she had been through countless chemotherapies and radiation. Each one had its own set of horrific side effects. She was a warrior and she has outlived the medicine. She had been through so many different strings of chemo that her body became immune to it. We ran out of options. We all knew that this was inevitable but, with Sally in the fight, you just couldn’t help but think she could do the impossible.

The additional 4 years her family was blessed with did not ease the blow and our hearts are suffering a pain that we did not know existed. We don’t want other families to experience our grief. We want more funding for this disease, and we want the warriors fighting today to have options! Medical advances!!! And a CURE!!!!!!