The Jimmy Fund shared on LinkedIn:
‘In January, my big brother, Ian, was diagnosed with stage IV mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lungs. He is an athletic, non-smoking 36-year-old, so this came as quite a shock. The diagnosis was also less than four months after Ian and his wife, Lauren, welcomed their first child, my nephew, John. We all felt so helpless and lost.
I didn’t know what I could do to help, to make it better. I always admired the runners in the Boston Marathon who ran for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, but I didn’t consider myself a runner and a marathon felt like too much. When sign-ups opened for the Falmouth Road Race, I thought,
‘7 miles…I could probably do that!’
I registered, and with that, I became a runner.
I have always looked up to Ian. Watching his lung capacity dwindle and seeing him struggle to walk up a flight of stairs has been heartbreaking. It made me even more grateful that I get to use my lungs to run miles and raise awareness and money for the treatments helping him. Ian’s care team at Dana-Farber has given us hope we did not think we would have.’
– Elizabeth, running the Falmouth Road Race for Dana-Farber’s team.
We can’t wait to cheer on Elizabeth and the rest of Team Dana-Farber at the Falmouth Road Race on August 16!
A special thank you to Kault Photography for Elizabeth’s wedding photo with her brother, Ian.”
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