Sarah Cavanaugh

When you know you're dying, it's a very lonely thing. I mean, it's very comforting that I have a family around me and a wife to support me and everything, but at the same time, you're the one that's dying and you're the one going through this personally and it feels like you're very much alone.

When you know you're dying, it's a very lonely thing. I mean, it's very comforting that I have a family around me and a wife to support me and everything, but at the same time, you're the one that's dying and you're the one going through this personally and it feels like you're very much alone.

So I immediately went to Sarah thinking, okay, well, there's someone going through the same experience I am. I don't feel so lonely anymore. I was still scared, but when she was sharing what her experience was, someone who's already started this journey is telling me, you know, things are going to be okay. That definitely helped.

So I immediately went to Sarah thinking, okay, well, there's someone going through the same experience I am. I don't feel so lonely anymore. I was still scared, but when she was sharing what her experience was, someone who's already started this journey is telling me, you know, things are going to be okay. That definitely helped.

No one really was in my shoes except her. At least that's what I thought. Here's another veteran that's going through the same thing I'm going through. So at least she knows we can support each other. And then we started actually opening up more about our treatments and how our treatments were going.

No one really was in my shoes except her. At least that's what I thought. Here's another veteran that's going through the same thing I'm going through. So at least she knows we can support each other. And then we started actually opening up more about our treatments and how our treatments were going.

I thought, well, Dana-Farber's this amazing place, and I know that they can help her. And I said, well, do you have private health insurance? Because you need to go to someplace like Dana-Farber and get real help because the VA is not going to help you. And she said, well, I don't have or I can't afford it. She just kept saying like she couldn't.

I thought, well, Dana-Farber's this amazing place, and I know that they can help her. And I said, well, do you have private health insurance? Because you need to go to someplace like Dana-Farber and get real help because the VA is not going to help you. And she said, well, I don't have or I can't afford it. She just kept saying like she couldn't.

We veterans look out for each other. And I'm not going to sit here and let what I thought at the time was a fellow veteran die from lack of treatment when I know there's an alternative if I can help it. So I said, look, I will at least begin by paying for this insurance for you to be able to go to Dana-Farber.

We veterans look out for each other. And I'm not going to sit here and let what I thought at the time was a fellow veteran die from lack of treatment when I know there's an alternative if I can help it. So I said, look, I will at least begin by paying for this insurance for you to be able to go to Dana-Farber.

She initially said, no, I can't ask you to do that. No, no, no. But then she kept telling me that, you know, she wasn't doing well. And eventually, you know, I said, look, I don't want you to die.

She initially said, no, I can't ask you to do that. No, no, no. But then she kept telling me that, you know, she wasn't doing well. And eventually, you know, I said, look, I don't want you to die.

Dave told me, like, hey, you know, like, I got to tell you something about Sarah, and she's, you know, she's fake. She's not a veteran. And I was just in shock and trying to just, like, wrap my brain around it.

Dave told me, like, hey, you know, like, I got to tell you something about Sarah, and she's, you know, she's fake. She's not a veteran. And I was just in shock and trying to just, like, wrap my brain around it.

Sam and I talked on the phone, and Sam was still in, I think, still in denial and said, this is not true. She actually does have cancer. I've seen the medical records.

Sam and I talked on the phone, and Sam was still in, I think, still in denial and said, this is not true. She actually does have cancer. I've seen the medical records.

There was a little bit of a question in my mind. I'd say if she's actually seen medical records, what does that mean?

There was a little bit of a question in my mind. I'd say if she's actually seen medical records, what does that mean?

I remember her coming to my house and having that conversation and her sitting on the couch across from me and telling her the truth, like watching it hit her, you know, watching it overcome her. It was like watching her heart break, you know, and she started to cry and told me she couldn't do this and how could I do it and all of those things.

I remember her coming to my house and having that conversation and her sitting on the couch across from me and telling her the truth, like watching it hit her, you know, watching it overcome her. It was like watching her heart break, you know, and she started to cry and told me she couldn't do this and how could I do it and all of those things.