Would you like to set Ohio River Valley as your default region?Yes No Thanks Walk Day Information Walk Day Information Print 2017 Walk Day Information Zanesville Thursday, September 21, 2017 Ohio University-Zanesville & Zane State College Columbus Friday, October 27, 2017 McFerson Commons (Arch Park) Schedule of Events: Check-in & Festivities: 5:30 p.m. Opening Ceremony: 7:30 p.m. Walk Kick-off: 7:45 p.m. Remembrance Pavilion Walkers participating in memory of a loved one are invited to participate in our Remembrance Pavilion that will be open all night. The Pavilion will only close for the opening ceremony from 7:30-7:45 p.m. Family, friends and co-workers can leave tributes and photos of their loved ones inside the pavilion. Survivor Circle Celebrate patients and survivors during the new and unforgettable opening ceremony at 7:30 p.m. on event night. Survivors and patients carry white lanterns and take part in an inspiring survivor ceremony with our brand new Survivor Circle while illuminating the darkness of cancer.
Tessa Print Tessa was diagnosed in June 2016 with pre B-cell ALL leukemia. That May Tessa had her three-year checkup and her iron level tested a little low. Her pediatrician prescribed an iron supplement and asked that we return in a few months to recheck her levels. Tessa was not great about taking the supplement and was increasingly tired and pale. I decided to have her return to her pediatrician. This time her levels were even lower. Blood work was ordered and we went about our normal day. We were ordering lunch when my phone rang. It's one of those moments you never forget. Her pediatrician was calling and urging me to bring Tessa to our local emergency room immediately. That is the moment our family's life changed forever. Within hours Tessa was flown to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Chemotherapy started the next day. She spent the next month as an inpatient while she received her chemotherapy treatments. Boy did it feel good to come home. During the next six months, we would travel from Fort Bragg to San Francisco once sometimes twice a week for treatments. We are now in maintenance and only have to travel monthly for her chemotherapy treatments. Tessa will finish chemotherapy in August of 2018. Just in time to start kindergarten!