A group of teenagers in the East Bay has been working to create a comfortable and fresh new space to promote healing in support of a high school senior battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
For years, the club has worked to help those going through hardships by carrying out "extreme makeovers" in their living spaces.
"That was August 9th, the day before his senior year began, and it was like everything kind of stood still for a minute," said Dylan’s mother Kaytie Mandell. When he hasn’t been in the hospital, much of his time has been spent at home, often in his bedroom in bed. Because he hasn’t been able to attend school, his bedroom has also been where he’s conducted much of studies as part of his hospital schooling program.
Eagle Scout Dylan Mandell has been battling a rare form of cancer known as rhabdomyosarcoma. High school club"Healing Spaces" has been working on a project to remodel his room as he recovers from treatment and surgery. The timing of the remodel couldn't be better, with Dylan scheduled to have his last chemotherapy session March 28. The following weekend was when the young construction crew planned to come in and do its work.
A year after Sharon Gerlach was lost to cancer, her legacy would be one that would help a young cancer fighter and give him hope and something to look forward to.
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