Katie Lawhead

This is my why....many of you knew dad (Oompa to ‘his girls’) and know he lost a short battle with a glioblastomia in August....August 3 at 4:37am to be exact. What some of you did not know is that dad also had A-Fib. It was a secondary finding during a routine procedure, but it impacted his day to day life. He went from taking one medication a day to a handful. He had to alter his diet. He had to travel down to AU from Evans to get his coumdin levels checked. It altered SO much of his day-to-day life, yet he never complained. He just did it. About a year or so into this journey he was offered the opportunity to be part of a research study at AU. It would allow him to get a heart ablation to hopefully correct his a-fib. And it worked!!! It changed his medication load and how he ate....and for those that knew dad, you know food was his love language. This picture was taken as he was leaving the hospital. He asked the nurse that did his pre-op call if he should bring anything special to wear home. Since it was the holidays, she laughed and said they always enjoy a festive sweatshirt. So thats what dad wore...always the jokester.

I am SO close to meeting my fundraising goal. Please consider make a donation on behalf of dad. This simple procedure changed his life and I know he would love knowing it changed the lives of others too. All the money that is raised will stay locally here at AU.