We visited the children's hospital in Augusta today. The Augusta Chronicle and one of the local TV stations came to document the visit. Paul did an interview with the camera man, and then we visited some kids.
Dr. Bell and a patient
We also got to meet Dr. Bell, one of the oncologists. She has been doing work at Medical College of Georgia for the past 7 years, and one of her current projects involves genetics of survivors. She is working to understand why some kids have higher success rates than others during and after treatment.
Rally was able to give her a grant last year, and it was exciting to hear about what she has been able to do with her research. She told us about the importance of funding and was very thankful for our fundraising efforts. Meeting Dr. Bell was encouraging to our whole team. She reinforced what we have known all along - every dollar donated to research truly helps make a difference.
Tomorrow we'll ride to Atlanta and hold an event with Tyler Copley. Tyler is 19 and has been fighting cancer for 7 years.
~ Austin
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