房间里的灯光来自凯西·哈尔基(Kathy Harkey),她是一位喜欢与家人、朋友和邻居聚会的迷人女性。在1996年与丈夫唐搬到伍德兰之前,她在德克萨斯州的博蒙特做工业卫生师,并与人共同创立了墨西哥湾沿岸最大、最受尊敬的健康和安全公司之一ICU环境卫生与安全公司。心爱的妻子、母亲、女儿、姐妹和朋友几乎可以克服任何障碍。
今年一月,企业家凯西和唐建了一家商店,林地独特的,当凯西发现她的右乳房的小疙瘩。她选择安德森的位置的林地治疗,接受6个月化疗。
在参观她的女儿凯特在德国十二月,凯西经历呼吸困难,住进医院。在返回到休斯敦,她得知癌细胞已经扩散到她的肝脏。凯西通过三个多月保持乐观和弹性化疗三临床试验,但癌细胞继续扩散。她于2014年4月去世,享年58岁。
唐继续凯西的遗产,从试点兀兰独有的推出凯西S. Harkey乳腺癌基金会。通过基础,他的目标是帮助基金的转移性延长生命的治疗方法的发展乳腺癌。
“这是一个长期的,艰巨的旅程,当你有乳腺癌,而当你看到有人要经过,你想有所作为,”他说。
唐捐$ 5,000冰箱MD安德森在的林地储存用于临床试验的药物。他很感激凯西能在离家这么近的地方接受治疗,而不是在几英里外的德州医疗中心。
“安德森的乐动ldsports 都去,因为他们是如此接近的方式,”他说,‘我捐的冰箱,使林地设施可以提供更多的临床试验。’
唐已经向基金会捐赠了超过7.5万美元,并将该店销售收入的一部分捐给了基金会MD安德森与支助小组乳房朋友。
方便的护理,离家近
此外安德森的校园中德州医学中心,MD安德森在这些休斯敦地区的医疗中心提供的癌症治疗:海湾地区,凯蒂西休斯顿(诊断影像)、贝莱尔(诊断影像)、舒格兰,的林地,纪念城市(外科诊所)和德克萨斯妇女医院(妇科肿瘤)。MD安德森是休斯顿地区15个纪念赫尔曼乳房护理中心的乳腺放射治疗服务的独家供应商。
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