Welcome to my Team In Training home page.
Saving lives...One mile at a time.
I'm completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!
I will be running the Rock N Roll Marathon in San Diego, CA June 1st 2008. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives.
I dedicate this event in loving memory of Justin Levi Melton. His young life was cut short due to Aplastic Anemia. He was 9 years old and My best friend Daniel Sills who passed away 02/21/2001. He was only 24yrs old. Please help us raise awareness so other children and families do not have to suffer.
Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells. The term 'aplastic' means the marrow suffers from an aplasia that renders it unable to function properly. Anemia is the condition of having fewer red blood cells than normal, or fewer than needed to function properly. Typically, anemia refers to low red blood cell counts, but aplastic anemia patients have lower counts of all three blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
Untreated aplastic anemia is an illness that leads to rapid death, typically within six months.
Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance the Society's mission. I hope you'll visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!
I would like to thank everyone for making donations and giving me the support up to this point you are truly angels. Keep checking back for updates. New Blog each week until event..
