“It was truly a whirlwind going from radiation that morning, but so, so worth it,” – Maggie Gove
Last Friday morning, Maggie Gove, 14, had radiation treatment for cancer. That night she had “the time of [her] life” cheering on Taylor Swift at Gillette Stadium.
Maggie’s friend Sarah had surprised the high school freshman with a ticket for the May 19 show on New Year’s Day, and less than two weeks later Maggie learned that the solid tumor sarcoma she had already battled twice was back. Maggie remained committed to seeing the concert, however, and so her doctors and nurses at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center — including her oncologist Natalie Collins, MD, PhD — arranged her chemotherapy and radiation schedules so she could.
“It was truly a whirlwind going from radiation that morning, but so, so worth it,” says Maggie (in the heart sunglasses, pictured with her friend Sarah at the show and in another photo with her oncologist Natalie Collins, MD). “Taylor’s show was unbelievable. I would go again in a second if I could.”