Julie an amazing person, and was so inspirational to so many people.
Shortly before Julie died, Julie was selected through a lottery process, to be one of a few limited spots on an all expense paid 7 day river rafting trip down the Salmon River wilderness for cancer survivors.
It was an amazing trip for her. Since it was a trip exclusively for cancer survivors, Julie was touched by the connections she made with everybody. Truly a once in a lifetime trip. The trip was covered by a writer for the Montana Standard, and here is the article written afterward.
Here’s a link to that article:
Cancer patients, survivors find healing on the water
After the rafting trip, one of the local newspapers also did a couple of stories on Julie’s battle against cancer, and our goal of getting her down to a clinic in Mexico for some specialized treatment that is not currently offered in the U.S.A.
Here’s a link to the first article:
Meridian Press article — Julie’s quest for Mexico treatment
Then, after she died, the same writer talked to me and did a followup article on our love story, our family, and our wonderful community that bonded together to help support us during our time of need.
Here’s a link to the followup article:
Meridian Press article — Followup to Julie’s death
I think she did a wonderful job writing this article. I think it was done with a lot of sincere compassion, respect, and caring. Julie would’ve liked it.