In Today's The Derrick and The News-Herald is my first written story since I started at the paper a little more than two month's ago. I have contributed to a couple news stories, but this was my first story. Its about a woman battling her weight and Lymphedema in hopes to get her life back. There is a fundraiser for her tomorrow (May 24) so she can see a specialist in hopes to get surgery to remove the large masses on her legs. Check out the Facebook event page here!
I am happy my editors took this story and ran with it and gave it good play on the bottom of the front page on Memorial Day weekend and then jumped it inside with two more photos. Click here for online story. May require subscription. |
Sadly she spends a lot of time in the hospital and getting treatments for infections.
She's got it rough, but as she says in this story.
"Let me prove I can fix myself," she said. "I just need a chance."