As a veteran of two 3day walks, I encourage everyone to make a donation in
Deborah's name, in memory of Lisa.
Every little bit helps! It is easy to donate online. Go to www.the3day.org ,
then select the Tampa Bay location to get to Deborah's donation page.

Thank you, Carol Ball


----- Original Message -----
From: Henry Campbell
To: spacecoastrunners@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:49 PM
Subject: [spacecoastrunners] Our Heroine


BlankOur Heroine

This letter is to help explain why I am helping a young lady raise money in
support of her decision to do a three day, sixty mile walk to raise funds for
the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the National Philanthropic Trust
Breast Cancer Fund. In order to participate in this event she must raise atleast
$2,200.00. She hopes to raise much more ! I hope you can help her reach her
goal.

The young lady I am helping is named Deborah Karin Carscallen. She is a
divorced mother sending her daughter Alexis through College. She is presently
employed as a Hospice nurse for Health First in Brevard County Florida. Deborah
spent eleven years as a avionics technician in the United States Navy when she
decided to get a degree in nursing and pursue the noble cause of caring for
people.

On January 5th 1998 while Deborah was working as a nurse in Louisville
Kentucky she heard that her younger sister Lisa had been diagnosed with breast
cancer. Lisa was just thirty years old. Over the next few years Lisa's
treatments included lumpectomy, radiation, chemotherapy and eventually
mastectomy. It was during these perilous times that Lisa's knight in shining
armor, Paul. proposed. In August of 2002 while Lisa was jogging through
Melbourne Village with a friend, she was having a very difficult time catching
her breath. When she went to the doctor it was determined that her left lung had
become detached from the lung cavity. Upon hearing of this situation Deborah
flew to Melbourne to be with her younger sister. It was then that Deborah
realized the gravity of the situation. Lisa was loosing her battle as the cancer
had spread.

In December of 2003 Deborah decided to move back to Melbourne to be with her
sister. She gave away most of her furniture and sold her house at a considerable
loss. She drove a rental truck with her daughter and the furniture she had left
and rented an apartment for herself and her daughter in Melbourne. Deborah then
took a position as a charge nurse in Holmes Regional Hospital with the full
knowledge that her sister Lisa would eventually have to be hospitalized. In
August of 2003 Lisa took a turn for the worse. She was having trouble with her
right lung and within two months she died. She died at home while Her husband
Paul held one hand and her sister Deborah held the other. It is truly a story of
the love of one sister for another !

Deborah Karin Carscallen is our heroine and we are so fortunate that she is
also our daughter.

If you care to help Deborah with her goal we thank you.

Henry & Rosie Campbell (321)727 0289
155 Sea Crest Drive
Melbourne Beach, FL 32951

Donations can be made on line WWW.the 3day.org Debby Carscallen or call
(800)996-3DAY

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