Brahmer’s pride in her daughter is evident through the website notes that she writes at a site maintained to keep people updated on Shawna’s progress. Brahmer has also become involved and is a supporter of the Tug McGraw Foundation, which raises money to help find a cure for brain cancer. Shawna was featured on the foundation’s web site last February. “She is the strongest person I know. She’s been there, done that twice!! She gives us strength. She is a fighter and will fight to win this battle!” wrote Brahmer on the web site.
Shawna makes light of the cancer that forces her to only have half-days of schools and the recurring seizures that make getting a driver’s license impossible. “You do what you have to do to get rid of it,” Shawna says of the cancer.
Meanwhile, Shawna has her kittens.
By Brian Wilson
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