Erica Decker

After you're in the world of cancer for five years, you understand the mechanics of diagnoses and biopsies and lab work and treatment and how the appointments go and the different specialists that are involved and the terminology and everything. You could teach a course on it after five years. They made absolutely no sense.

After you're in the world of cancer for five years, you understand the mechanics of diagnoses and biopsies and lab work and treatment and how the appointments go and the different specialists that are involved and the terminology and everything. You could teach a course on it after five years. They made absolutely no sense.

That's a fundraising technique. I mean, I'm no fool. Those St. Jude commercials work for a reason.

That's a fundraising technique. I mean, I'm no fool. Those St. Jude commercials work for a reason.

I reached out to him and asked about his doctor. And he said he wouldn't give her name out because so many people in the Pelotonia community had reached out to her, want her to do more to help him because they just wanted him to be okay and they wanted him to be saved.

I reached out to him and asked about his doctor. And he said he wouldn't give her name out because so many people in the Pelotonia community had reached out to her, want her to do more to help him because they just wanted him to be okay and they wanted him to be saved.

And then he said he was going under an alias at the hospital because it was just too much for the hospital to handle the notoriety that he was, you know, getting. And the whole thing was just so crazy. But it was obvious to me at that point that it was all a lie.

And then he said he was going under an alias at the hospital because it was just too much for the hospital to handle the notoriety that he was, you know, getting. And the whole thing was just so crazy. But it was obvious to me at that point that it was all a lie.

He picked the wrong mom because I was not satisfied and I have never been one to shy away from controversy.

He picked the wrong mom because I was not satisfied and I have never been one to shy away from controversy.

There was a lot of F-bombs, a lot of cussing. Then we just devised a plan, and we were not going to let Pelotonia dismiss us.

There was a lot of F-bombs, a lot of cussing. Then we just devised a plan, and we were not going to let Pelotonia dismiss us.

It just completely changed my view of the entire organization.

It just completely changed my view of the entire organization.

I mean, just to pick such an evil disease that picks on kids and the frail and then think, oh, I know. It's just it was unfathomable at that point.

I mean, just to pick such an evil disease that picks on kids and the frail and then think, oh, I know. It's just it was unfathomable at that point.

As I tell everyone, everyone in my house is actively trying to die.

As I tell everyone, everyone in my house is actively trying to die.

There was a guy on stage and one of my friends said, oh, this guy's amazing. He's beaten cancer like three times.

There was a guy on stage and one of my friends said, oh, this guy's amazing. He's beaten cancer like three times.

I think when I first learned of him, I mean, that's all you listen for when you're a parent or a family member or loved one of someone with cancer. That's all you need to hear is someone made it. And if this guy could beat cancer and ride 180 miles on his bike, I thought, okay, all right.

I think when I first learned of him, I mean, that's all you listen for when you're a parent or a family member or loved one of someone with cancer. That's all you need to hear is someone made it. And if this guy could beat cancer and ride 180 miles on his bike, I thought, okay, all right.

He would love to come and meet us and visit with Lily. And I thought, well, who, what?

He would love to come and meet us and visit with Lily. And I thought, well, who, what?

I read all of his posts back to the very beginning, and he'd been posting for years at that point. But it moved around a lot, the cancer and his tumors and his different treatments and biopsies and all the things he was having done, and it was astonishing.

I read all of his posts back to the very beginning, and he'd been posting for years at that point. But it moved around a lot, the cancer and his tumors and his different treatments and biopsies and all the things he was having done, and it was astonishing.