Sunday, June 13, 2010

Support Our Friend Tony Perolio - Please Consider Donating

This is for a fellow local climber and friend, Tony Perolio. Tony is one of the most inspirational people I have ever met. He has come back from battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia TWICE - the latter time via stem cell transplant through a donor. Read his inspirational story here.

Tony's now facing graft versus host disease, and his body is rejecting the transplant. He's been through more than I thought anyone could manage and here he is fighting everyday. I've talked with Tony several times and if you didn't see the physical manifestation of these tough side effects, you wouldn't know he was suffering. Tony's kept a strong, positive attitude; he shares and reflects the love of his family and friends, and he's determined to fight and live.

There are two ways to help help support Tony: 1) by going to the above link and consider donating to support his treatment and 2) attending the show on June 24 headlined by Jon Hardy and the Public, The Hibernauts & Kid Scientist. Insurance and Medicare have now denied paying for experimental treatment he's due to receive in Boston.

I've added his page link permanently to the right as well.

2 comments:

Sof the Froggy said...

Thanks for the post Calvin. We should all be honored to know Tony. He has been an inspiration through his battle with illness. I do urge everybody to help. Anything that can help this beautiful human being keeping on fighting.

Craig A said...

Excellent post Calvin - I had no idea. Everything you said about Tony is true, and then some.