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发帖数: 16686 | 1 Family's life and death story and hope
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Elisa and Nathan Bond’s life seemed perfect. Not long after their fairy-
tale wedding, they had a beautiful baby girl who was growing into a happy
toddler. Outside of a few extra pounds Elisa wanted to shed, she couldn’t
think of a single thing wrong with their lives.
But on Valentine’s Day, the fabric of their existence started to unravel.
Nathan, 38, learned he had Stage 3 colon cancer and only a 65 percent chance
of surviving the next five years.
They were still absorbing the news when, just nine days later, 36-year-old
Elisa received an even worse diagnosis: the lump in her breast was malignant
and her cancer had already spread. She had Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer
, and her chances of surviving another five years are just 16 percent.
The Bonds try not to dwell on their dire situation. “If you spend all your
time worrying about what’s happening today, you’re going to miss out on
what’s actually happening,” Nathan told TODAY’s Matt Lauer. “For us, it
’s about enjoying every moment we have together.”
Still, with so much devastating news, some people might have sunk into
depression. The Bonds’ spirits have been buoyed by their 18-month-old
daughter, Sadie, and the outpouring of affection and offers of help from
family and friends – some from across the country, some, just around the
corner from their Brooklyn, N.Y. home.
Friends and neighbors have stepped in to help with the everyday chores,
taking the couple to doctors’ appointments, watching Sadie when Nathan and
Elisa cannot, raising money to help pay the bills.
Elisa told Lauer she wants people to think of their story as hopeful, not
sad. “It’s not a done deal,” she said. “We have a lot of time … And we
have a lot of love. I think if you operate on the love you get to enjoy
every second of every day.”
To fight their cancers with aggressive treatments, Elisa had to quit her job
as a real estate agent, while Nathan took a leave of absence from his
position as a teacher at Parsons School of Design. Friends and family saw a
financial crisis looming and to help the couple stay afloat, they created a
website where people can learn about their story and donate money.
Elisa and Nathan also blog regularly to keep family and friends up-to-date
with their progress. “People didn’t want to be intrusive but they wanted
to know what was going on,” Elisa told Lauer. “And also I started to find
it was cathartic.”
Once local news media picked up their story, people around the world started
reading the blog and responding to it. The Bonds were amazed at the
outpouring of love and concern, much of it from people they didn’t even
know.
“What we’re going to take away from this, when we are well -- which we
will be -- is not the illness, but we’re going to think about the
outpouring of love from perfect strangers all over the world,” Nathan said.
Elisa has only one request for those following her family’s story, she told
TODAY: “If you envision our circumstance, don’t envision the cancer,
envision the healing. Envision us playing with Sadie when she’s 5, when she
’s 10... arguing about the keys to the car when she’s 16. That’s what we
ask.” | a***y
发帖数: 648 | 2 我一直认为一家人健康，平安是最最重要的。 名利都是浮云。
祝福他们一家。 | e*****2
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发帖数: 6567 | 5 我觉得他们应该查一查生活环境中有没有什么致癌物了........... | T*********k
发帖数: 1767 | 6 bless
chance
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: Family's life and death story and hope
: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42452205/ns/today-today_health/
: Elisa and Nathan Bond’s life seemed perfect. Not long after their fairy-
: tale wedding, they had a beautiful baby girl who was growing into a happy
: toddler. Outside of a few extra pounds Elisa wanted to shed, she couldn’t
: think of a single thing wrong with their lives.
: But on Valentine’s Day, the fabric of their existence started to unravel.
: Nathan, 38, learned he had Stage 3 colon cancer and only a 65 percent chance
: of surviving the next five years.
: They were still absorbing the news when, just nine days later, 36-year-old
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