LANCE MACKEY, CANCER SURVIVOR:
Not much has been made, or I missed it, until now about Mackey's bout with cancer. In this article it talks about his drive to run the Iditarod in spite of his cancer. I hadn't heard in the past why he scratched that one race....well, it was because he had a feeding tube under his pants and couldn't keep the liquid feeding supplement from freezing!
He reminds me of my friend Pat who showed up late for my neice, Staci's, graduation. When we went back to Mom's for a celebration she called me into the bathroom to show me the chest tube under her dress!!! She was late because she blew a lung and had to go to the hospital-she refused to be admitted and insisted on the chest tube connected to a portable suction device so she could go to the graduation!! She was an inspiration as is Lance Mackey.
Take time to read this article for a little taste of inspiration (and Kaeli, it addresses the issue of sponsers somewhat). There is a slide show at this link also-164 pictures (maybe more of the Iditarod than you want to see and unfortunately in no order at all).
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The combination of cancer survival, genuine joy, and dogs (I have always been a softy for animals) left me with wet eyes after reading this article, and several others that I was inspired to find. It is nice to remember that the world is a good place, with good people.
That's one reason I was so happy to see this guy win. There was such a wonderfully innocent almost childlike joy...if he hadn't have won that pickup truck I swear I would have had to start a fund raiser....he was so excited about winning it!
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