By Chrysta Friday
Okay, so if you have been paying attention to the morning announcements, then you probably heard about the purple t-shirts for sale. The t-shirts are for a 15-year-old girl who was diagnosed with cancer. I interviewed Gina Dodds, a JGEMS student in seventh grade, to find out more. Frida's mom was once Gina's babysitter.
Q. What is her name?
A. Frida Salinas.
Q. What kind of cancer does she have?
A. Pancreatic cancer.
Q. Where does she live?
A. Here in Salem.
Q. What high school does she go to?
A. She goes to Sprague.
Frida was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma in December of 2009. It is a very rare cancer and is even rarer for a 15 year old girl to have it. On the 22nd of December, she had surgery to remove her tumor. She also had biopsies on her liver and her lymph nodes, and has also had her spleen removed. Frida has gone through 7 rounds of chemotherapy.
Her 7th round started in April. She is very strong and has been fighting all the way. There is one problem though. Frida has been hospitalized at Doernbecher. Since her family was denied health insurance, any medical needs not covered by the hospital fall to her family. A 10 day supply of medicine can cost up to $1600.
A. Pancreatic cancer.
Q. Where does she live?
A. Here in Salem.
Q. What high school does she go to?
A. She goes to Sprague.
Frida was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma in December of 2009. It is a very rare cancer and is even rarer for a 15 year old girl to have it. On the 22nd of December, she had surgery to remove her tumor. She also had biopsies on her liver and her lymph nodes, and has also had her spleen removed. Frida has gone through 7 rounds of chemotherapy.
Her 7th round started in April. She is very strong and has been fighting all the way. There is one problem though. Frida has been hospitalized at Doernbecher. Since her family was denied health insurance, any medical needs not covered by the hospital fall to her family. A 10 day supply of medicine can cost up to $1600.
If you want to help you can go to http://www.fridasfight.webs.com/
I wanted to write this story because I know people who have survived cancer and everyone has a chance of survival with proper medical care. I think that everyone in the country should have health care, but until that day comes we all have to pitch in to help those who don't.
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