Family Connections
Family Stories
This section of the Family Connections Web site is devoted to
stories about families and the journeys they take when a parent is
diagnosed with cancer. If you'd like to share your own story for
this page, please e-mail
carolyn_grantham@dfci.harvard.edu.
Debby Rosoff — A gift for Debby
During Debby's lengthy battle with breast cancer, she and
her husband, Larry Katznelson, struggled to find a single resource
that provided the advice and information they needed to help guide
them and their young children through this difficult time. After
Debby died, her family decided to help create such a resource in
her memory. read more
Shannon McBain — Helping her mother heal
A fourth grader at Henry T. Wing Elementary School in Sandwich,
Mass., Shannon McBain reminds us that cancer effects more than
just those diagnosed with the disease. She learned this firsthand
when her mother was recently treated for breast cancer.
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The Wittbolds — Program helps families
'connect'
When Bill Wittbold learned he had advanced lung cancer, he and
his wife, Karen, gathered their seven children around the kitchen
table so he could tell them the news.
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more
Scott Viera — Becoming a cancer warrior
Using his experience as a wrestling coach, Scott Viera has
mapped out a detailed strategy for beating his cancer. His reasons
for doing so are much simpler: Kelli, Courtney, and Sydney, his
wife and two daughters.
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Liz Gruber and Rus Lodi - Couples coping with cancer
It is early on a Tuesday morning at the Newton home of Liz
Gruber and Rus Lodi, and the scene is one of frenetic activity.
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