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Forrest (Woody) Hesselbarth



Hi Jeanne!

I've  neighbor who's a vet student in Iowa (Think they'e going to concentrate on hippos!!!). She is on the tail end of a teaching 'safari' in S. Africa and, If I understood correctly (second hand through her mom) helped birth some zebras. While we've used this amazing animal as a reminder that the answer we're looking for is often found in the 'least likely' places, it is a potent reminder that what we're looking for can bring life where "camouflage" obscures the obvious.

Your news is fantastic! Congratulations of 4 years of believing beyond hope that we would remain just an obscure little cancer. This is a HUGE step toward recognition of the magnitude of our struggle, and more importantly that folks can come out of fear to act and to encourage others to speak the

I still feel like I've the stamina to come to the race. I hope to ride a recumbent racing trike as I feel more stable (and I've never liked running!!

 

Woody

 
 





The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost



Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood,

And Sorry I Could Not Travel Both

And Be One Traveler, Long As I Stood

And Looked Down One As Far As I Could

To Where It Bent In The Undergrowth.



Then Took The Other, As Just As Fair,

And Having Perhaps The Better Claim,

Because it Was Grassy And Wanted Wear;

Though As For That The Passing There

Had Worn Them Really About The Same.



And Both That Morning Equally Lay

In Leaves No Step Had Trodden Black.

Oh, I Kept The First For Another Day!

Yet Knowing How Way Leads On To Way,

I Doubted If I Should Ever COme Back.



I Shall Be Telling This With A Sigh

Somewhere Ages And Ages Hence:

Two Roads Diverged In A Wood, And I--

I Took The One Less Traveled By,

And That Has Made All The Difference.





A celebration is being planned in conjunction with the Run For Hope on July 26th. See runforhope.net or goesfuneralcare.com for updates as they are available.     

Dear Jeanne,

Woody died this past Wednesday; he was diagnosed as having atypical carcinoid originating in his lung in December 2003 (it was first detected as a spot on his lung in Sept 2003), Ultimately the carcinoid metastasized to his liver a year ago and he died of liver failure. I would like to be able to post his story in memory on the Run for Hope site. He participated in the 1st & 2nd Runs and had already registered for this year’s. We were going to do the walk together. He was loved by the amazing folks at PHV Oncology and Front Range Cancer Specialist; Dr Medgesy was his oncologist. I am asking friends and family and his huge community of supporters including the employees of the Arapaho Roosevelt National Forest and the wildland fire dispatching community, as well as my coworkers at the Bureau of Land Management in Cheyenne to support carcinoid cancer research and sign up for this year’s Run for Hope. Please reply and feel free to call me at home so we can talk a bit further about Woody and the Run.  970-493-0875 God bless you,

Janet Kurman Hesselbarth