Almost 40 Welsh Warriors hit the pavement in downtown Fort Worth on Saturday to Race for the Cure! We started off with some critical warm ups and stretching in the parking garage and then gathered for a team picture. We then went after the free loot to get our pink capes, guacamole (it was only 7:30 am), sprout sandwich and pink pom-poms (just to name a few). Most of us displayed some self control, but others packed 5 pounds of freebies around for the entire race. At that point we were fueled up and ready to race! As always the race started out with an intense snail’s pace for about four blocks before escalating to a stainable turtle crawl for the remainder of the race. We completed the3K race in a very impressive 1 hour and 19 minutes and I am happy to report no Welsh Warriors suffered from any common racing issues like leg cramps, muscle pulls or dehydration! After the race we all went to the Ol’ South Pancake House to refuel. We had a great day at the Race for the Cure!
I wish you could see the seas of people walking the streets together in support of breast cancer awareness and finding a cure. During the walk, all we could see ahead of us and behind of us were people racing for a cure. It’s a very neat experience and the Welsh Warriors raised $1,830 for the Cure! I want to say a special thank you to Metisha’s former co-worker Dana Knight for organizing the team. And thank you to all of the co-workers and friends who walked beside Metisha on Saturday. For Tisha’s family, it’s hard not being with her every day through this battle so it was awesome for us to see all of the support and love Mark and Tisha have in Fort Worth! And thanks to Ol’ South Pancake House for your hospitality!
The final results are in and Mark and Metisha tied for first place with $350! Thank you so much to everyone who supported a Welsh Warrior with a donation! And even though I didn’t win, I will keep blogging :)
Metisha will continue daily radiation treatments this week. Radiation is going very well and takes about 30 minutes each treatment. We won’t know how effective the radiation is until about three months after the treatments are done. The doctors are still working on a plan for the cancer spots in her liver. We are anxious to go after those cancer spots as soon as possible.
Continue to pray with us. Pray that the radiation will kill 100% of the tumor on her vertebrate. Pray for wisdom for the doctors and Metisha as they identify a treatment for the liver spots. Pray that this will be the last time Metisha has to battle cancer and that she will live to be a wrinkly, old, cancer free lady. And know that every day we pray and thank God for all of you!
- Little Sister Regan
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