#Supportforsarah special collection

Cancer is just an awful disease! It affects so many of our loved ones every year. Sarah Jones is one of those people, near and dear to birdies and bogey’s golf gear family.

She is the ex-wife of one of our owners and mother of four of their children. We have decided to do a special collection for Sarah and donate 100% of the proceeds to help her get back on her feet after her second go round with the disease. Sara also has a GoFundMe if you prefer to do that to help her with living expenses as she does not know when she will be able to get back to work being self-employed. She has a long road of recovery ahead of her and we appreciate everybody’s thoughts and efforts in her journey.

Sarah's Cancer Story:

Sarah is a self-employed, single mother of 4, and is fighting head & neck cancer for the second time! After 5 years of being cancer free, it has come back in her jaw, gum, and lip. Over the holidays, she endured 3 rounds of Chemo. A few days after each round, Sarah ended up in the ER for multiple days with dehydration, pneumonia and/or RSV.

On January 22nd, Sarah had surgery to remove the cancer for her jaw, lip, and gums. This is an extensive 12 hour surgery with a minimum of 8 weeks for recovery, barring no complication. They removed part of her jaw and replace it with bone from her leg. There could be some disfigurement, but the hope is for as little as possible. Sarah is also diabetic, so that can complicate her healing time. Sarah's recovery will take until at least the end of March.

Sarah has a long road ahead of her, and is in desperate need of help paying her bills and daily expenses. We have raised $ on the Go Fund Me page, her church is providing meals, and family is helping with getting the kids to school and extracurriculars. She needs help keeping a roof over their heads and the lights on for a few more months. Relieving this financial burden allows her to focus on the fight in front of her, and not stress about money. She has not been able to work much over the past few months between chemo treatments, being in the hospital, side effects of chemo, travel to MD Anderson, etc. If she isn't working, she isn't making any money.

Originally diagnosed with tongue cancer in 2019 that had spread into the lymph nodes, she had surgery that removed part of her tongue, a neck dissection, and several rounds of radiation. She has continued to visit MD Anderson through these years to monitor the cancer, but also because the radiation treatments exacerbated an autoimmune disease that caused painful sores in her mouth. These sores make it extremely painful to eat, and the doctors have not been able to figure out a beneficial treatment. She is unable to gain weight because she cannot eat much.

As for Sarah's biological family. Her father passed away when she was young. Her mother and step-father live in Arkansas. Her mother is currently battling dementia, and her step-father is legally blind.

Please pray for Sarah, her children, and her doctors. Pray for her strength and her will to continue this fight. Pray for a miracle to happen and for this cancer to vanish.

If you want more info on the GoFundMe efforts, here is the link: 

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https://gofund.me/f8a741dc