Cancer Survivor
Larry
May 20, 2008
Doodles
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Tags: Boston Redsox, Breast cancer, Cancer, doodle of the day, illustration, Jon Lester, larry roibal, portrait of the day, sketch of the day
Ball point pen on the morning newsprint
As a rookie in 2006, Jon Lester won his first five major league starts pitching for the Boston Red Sox. He had a seven and two record when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a blood cancer that might have ended his career. Lester underwent four courses of chemotherapy, was pronounced cancer free, and went back to his normal life. Well,… in Jon’s case, an exceptionally rare and gifted life. Medical breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer enabled Jon to continue pitching for the Boston Red Sox, appear in a World … Continue Reading
