This month, during Brain Cancer Awareness Month, I wear gray in honor of my beloved son, Daniel Garuccio, who recently passed away from glioblastoma.
Glioblastoma is a cruel and aggressive cancer. It takes too much, too fast. Watching Daniel face this disease was devastating. No one should have to endure what he went through. No family should have to watch their loved one fade away from this terrible illness.
I am making a donation to the Glioblastoma Foundation in Daniel’s memory, because we must find a cure. We need better research, better treatment options, and above all, hope. Too many people are being diagnosed. Too many lives are being cut short.
I do not want anyone else to suffer this way. I want to help make sure that no other family has to experience this pain.
Please join me in raising awareness, funding research, and fighting for a cure—for Daniel, for others battling this disease, and for all those we have lost.
Wear gray. Spread awareness. Support the fight.
For Daniel.
I had to retire I had to have a ramp build in my house I had to purchase my 27-year-old son actually at 25 a shower seat and a porta potty and a walker and I bought him an electric scooter cuz he no longer was able to walk I had to change his car at the time when he was able to drive to a left-sided gas pedal and he had to retake the driver’s road test he had to lose his CDL license because they would not award him a license with his change in vision and his lack of the ability to walk. He was unable to remember people’s names. He started to hallucinate because of the steroids. It was the most terrifying thing I could ever experience. Thankfully I was able to retire and spend time with him but believe me it’s the worst thing that could have ever happened to such a wonderful person.
Community makes a difference because we fight together; nobody should go into this fight alone.
To tell you the truth this is the most difficult month of all because it’s my son’s birthday. It was also Mother’s Day and it was also the month that he had the most decline. He passed away on June 13th 2023 and the month between his birthday on May 13th to June 13th was horrific.
Just make everyday special and spend as much time with your loved one because once a GBM gets a hold of you, really gets hold of you, it’s quick.
Thank you for doing everything you can to help because families really need it.
