Our 2024Mission Moment speaker Sonia Irusta was diagnosed on August 4, 2020, with ROS1 stage 3-B lung cancer, after months of being told it was allergies, and is a non-smoker.
From October through December of 2020, and January 2021 through February 2022, Sonia had 8 rounds of chemo, 4 rounds of SBRT directly to the lung tumor, 36 rounds of regular radiation to her entire chest area, where the cancer had spread to the medistanial area, esophagus and windpipe, and left clavicle. Sonia then participated in the Pacific Clinical Trial.
Our gratitude goes to Sonia and her family for sharing her story with us and encouraging all of us to embrace hope and raise our paddles for $222 toward our Mission funding of cancer research.
Thank you.
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