How you can help an Augusta County family get through a tough battle with cancer
The parents of McKenzie Mason, whose life is the focus of the Facebook page NothingDownaboutKenzie, were dealt another blow when Sarah Mason was diagnosed a few months ago with aggressive breast cancer. “Since then, our lives have revolved around chemotherapy treatments, countless doctor’s appointments, tests, and trying to keep life as normal as possible for McKenzie,” said Sarah’s wife, Amanda Mason, a special education teacher at Stuarts Draft High School. Sarah just finished six cycles of TCHP chemotherapy plus HER2-targeted therapy, and is continuing HER2 infusions while she waits for surgery later this fall, followed by recovery, radiation, and a year of infusions afterwards. Amanda has just about exhausted her paid leave from her job at SDHS, meaning that after the surgery, “the days she takes off to care for me will be unpaid,” Sarah Mason told us by email. It’s an unfortunate…
