2nd Annual Crappie for a Cause results.........."Riley's Journey"

[Midsouth Man]

The 2nd annual Crappie for a Cause event went as planned with many good bids being received. Again, for the 2nd year in a row "Walker733" placed the winning bid but asked this year for it to remain anonymous. For this reason I will not disclose his bid but I will tell you it was impressive and one that was made from the depths of his kindness and his heart.

On to the more important part, the charity of his choice. I am adding this short insert about his charity "Riley's Journey".

Riley was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, Medulloblastoma, in July 2008, when she was 7 yrs. old. She endured a 13 hr. surgery to remove the tumor, followed by another 5 hr. surgery to remove residual tumor less than a week later, then 30 rounds of radiation & 8 rounds of chemo. We finished her treatment in June 2009 & we have been receiving the "ALL CLEAR" on her scans for 4 yrs. (from the date of tumor removal) until last July 2012, when it was confirmed that a small spot they were concerned about was, in fact, recurrence. The plan is to perform Cyberknife Radiosurgery on the small spot, which removed the tumor and followed by a year of at home chemo in the form of a pill as a precaution. This page was created to keep our family & friends updated on her 2nd Journey with this disease.

UPDATE 7/2013:
We found out that the tumor returned yet again...this time much bigger and in a different place...actually inside the cerebellum. She now has undergone another surgery to remove the tumor & will undergo high dose chemo with stem cell rescue/transplant. She has another long road ahead of her but she will overcome!!

As you can see the charity chosen by Mr. Walker is a young girl who has had many struggles in her life and she is barely 13 years of age. What an awesome way to show your generosity!!!

Again, thank you Brett for your generosity and a BIG thank you for all that bid.

Attached now is a picture of Riley: