Tag: leukemia
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Air Academy’s Elly Siebert searched for answers regarding a string of injuries. It was leukemia
Elly Siebert’s new abode was a far cry from the visual paradise she had recently left. Shortly after a Thanksgiving week vacation to California, Siebert’s family returned to Colorado and her parents immediately scheduled a doctor’s appointment. Hospital beds would become Siebert’s new home for the next week. Siebert, who recently graduated from Air Academy,…
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19th annual ‘Bald 4 Bucks’ cancer fundraiser honors fallen Rampart senior
The atmosphere inside the packed Rampart High School gymnasium resembled that of a pep rally or a playoff game on Thursday as kids from several Academy District 20 schools ran out onto the floor to deafening cheers and applause. The cheers kicked off an event that sparked memories, tears, laughs and a lot of haircuts.…
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Make-A-Wish gift stolen from cancer-stricken Colorado Springs teen
A Colorado Springs mom is hoping someone has information about the theft of a Make-A-Wish gift from her cancer-stricken teenage son. Shay Bryan said that, sometime Wednesday night, one or more thieves stole her son’s new all-terrain vehicle from outside her home at the Copper Range Apartments in northeast Colorado Springs. She learned it was…