MoodCultivation.com - Get Your Mind Plowed!

NEWS - Last Updated 10.23.08

Elizabeth Westberry Needs Heroes!

Granted it's been far too long since this site was last updated and everyone deserves an explanation as to what happened to Mood Cultivation and why exactly we dropped off the map (which is forthcoming), a new pressing matter has arisen that requires everyone's undivided attention.

Elizabeth Westberry's cancer has returned with a vengeance. After nearly a year in remission, a recent MIBG scan showed multiple spots in the original affected areas as well as a few new ones. Needless to say this is devastating news. The Westberry family is frantically searching for the most sensible option in handling this new crisis and they need your help.

One of the most promising treatment options, an experimental procedure called 3F8 will require multiple trips to NYC. This of course will necessitate many missed days of work for George and a burden of expenses. We've reinstated the Paypal option which links directly to the Westberry account. PLEASE DONATE! This is a tough scenario and every little bit helps. They need you to dig deep folks! If you prefer not to send donations online and would rather mail a check, contact Tommy@MoodCultivation.com for George's mailing address.

If you would like to follow up on Elizabeth's progress you can visit the Caring Bridge Journal by clicking here. We will also be posting the most recent journal entries on this page (see below). Bookmark it (Ctrl+D on your keyboard) and visit back daily.

Also, feel free to share this with everyone you know. If you would like to post this same information on your MySpace page or in a bulletin, blog or website simply copy the code from the box below. Position your mouse in the box, press Ctrl+A to highlight all of the code. Next press Ctrl+C to copy the code then paste it into your new bulletin, profile, blog or website.

<p align="center"><font face="Verdana" color="000000" size="5">Elizabeth Westberry Needs Heroes!</p>

<p align="left">Elizabeth Westberry's cancer has returned with a vengeance.  After nearly a year in remission, a recent MIBG scan showed multiple spots in the original affected areas as well as a few new ones. Needless to say this is devastating news. The Westberry family is frantically searching for the most sensible option in handling this new crisis and they need your help.<br><br>

One of the most promising treatment options, an experimental procedure called 3F8 will require multiple trips to NYC. This of course will necessitate many missed days of work for George and a burden of expenses. We've reinstated the Paypal option which links directly to the Westberry account. <b>PLEASE DONATE</b>! This is a tough scenario and every little bit helps. They need you to dig deep!<br><br>
 
If you would like to follow up on Elizabeth's progress you can visit the Caring Bridge Journal by clicking <a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/elizabethwestberry"><b>here</b></a>.

Thank you so much for your continued support.</p></font>

Thank you so much for your continued support.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 06:47 PM, CST

I spoke to Dr. Kushner from NY today. He said he wants the team here to get surgery scheduled to have another port placed for Elizabeth asap. He wants her to start low dose chemo Monday...to keep the cancer at bay until she can get her body strong enough to tolerate another round like the last one, then we will fly up there for a consult, more tests etc in December.

The team here have already said they think it might be too soon, but for now, I think we have to trust Dr. Kushner. The entire time that we entrusted her care to the teams here, we did what they wanted, when they wanted it. For Dr. Kushner to be trusted with caring for her now, I feel we should give him the same.

The port surgery is "relatively" minor...but the bigger issues are, the infection still being in her-and her counts being low (even though the white count is artificialy high due to GCSF) We will talk with them tomorrow about all of this. I think that between us and the doctors we should be able to do what is best for her, while still staying agressive against her cancer.

Please pray that she continues to improve and that everything comes together for treatment and schedules.

Westberry Tribe

Subscribe to journal update notification

If you're receiving an error message regarding the security code you're asked to enter while sending a donation this is a known "bug" with Internet Explorer. In version 6.0 and higher, by default the security settings have been set to reject the "cookies" needed by PayPal. If you have IE Version 6.0 or higher you can fix this by manually overriding the cookie settings. This is done with the following steps:

In Internet Explorer Version 6 & higher select "Tools" then select, "Internet Options"
Select the "Privacy" tab
Select "Advanced"
Click on the box for "Override Automatic Cookie Handling" so that the checkmark shows.
Under First-party Cookies select "Accept"
Under Third-party Cookies select "Accept"
Click on the box for "Always allow session cookies" so that the checkmark shows
Click Ok
Click Ok again
Exit Internet Explorer completely and restart it.

This usually will solve the problem with the Cookies that PayPal sends.

After you are done with your PayPal Session we recommend that you "undo" the above modifications thus resetting your browser back to the default security settings.