PLEASE HELP
Please Help! Pray and ask to know how you can best help our Dear Friend, Debbie Howard. Read below to know and help please. I just talked with Keith (Debbie's husband) who gave me permission to give our their email address and home address so that she can recieve well-wishes and any kind of donations. As Lisa and I discussed last night, gas cards would be helpful since they do not have a fuel efficient vehicle and will need to commute to chemotherapy for at least 6 weeks. I've identified some of the types of gas stations where she lives which are Texaco, Citgo, Exxon, Chevron. As Lisa mentioned, other types of donation would be helpful with respect to whatever perscriptions are needed, help with keeping her house and thus environment clean, food, etc. Below is her contact information: Debbie Howard Daughtry 104 Terrapin Road #937 Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 email: Keithdeb96@aol.com She has been checking her email daily. Debbie is fairly new to the worldwide web so be patient with her responding. Debbie's surgey is on July 18, 2008 where she will undergo a mastectomy of the left breast and at that time they will take a sampling of the lymph nodes. We pray that they will find that the cancer has only been isolated to that left breast and has not spread any further. A recent mammogram shows that the right breast is normal. She has agreed to have her personal situation posted because in her words, "I can use all the prayers I can get". Debbie is the most upbeat and positive person I have ever met regardless of whatever situation she has ever faced. She was that way when we all knew her in high school and she is still the same. This is half the battle of beating cancer so it is within her own will to take a positive step forward. As you all very well know, Debbie very much values her old friends and loves hearing from them even if she hasn't been the great communicator over the years. Amazing how many years pass while we are all living our lives. Anyone who wants to send well wishes by email or mail would be greatly welcomed. Debbie's husband Keith says she does like to recieve cards and well wishes mostly by mail. Again, Debbie is fairly new to corresponding by email and very much likes recieving something she can open and set on the mantle as a reminder at home. Again, Debbie's husband's name is Keith Daughtry. They have a son named Stephen (age 12 in August) and a daughter named Jessica (age 9).
Sometimes updates take a bit longer when dealing with a life threatening disease. I'm sure Debbie would like an update as well. I hope you all continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers. We will give you an update as soon as we have one. I believe she had an appointment with the doctor this week. Thank you for your patience. Debbie is very special to many of us- and we do wish her the best and are praying that the cancer has not spread. ~Lisa Poovey Berwyn (FAHS '80)