My Mother Janet Garrett has been fighting Cancer ever since i was a little boy.
When i was 11 it went into remision for a few years than she fought it on and off until she passed away. My mom was a hospice worker and she was visiting one of her patients who had cancer and he had Claude the lion [a Ryan's Lion with the name "Claude" embroidered on the collar], while my mom was working with this patient her cancer came out of remision and she started to become sick again. The patient loved my mom and gave her his lion right before he passed away. during this time I am deployed fighting the war on terror in the middle east. I was able to come home for a little bit and visit with my mom before she passed away. as her final gift to me she gave me the lion so that way i could have the strength to go back to war. I love my mom very much and some day i hope to be able to pass on the lion to some one else who needs it more than i do.