Erica Werdel and Dave Lacey didn’t have a fairytale romance. They didn’t see fireworks the first time that they met. They met through their work, and they took their time getting to know one another before dating. Dave noticed the pretty brunette, but it took them a year before they started dating. During that year, he found that although she was petite, she was a fantastic basketball player.
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Erica Werdel had a great sense of humor. She found a way to make almost everyone laugh. She was kind and generous, and Dave found that he was a better man with Erica around. Erica became Dave’s best friend.
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After a period of dating, Dave popped the question. They couldn’t leave anyone out of their guest list, and it grew to at least 200 people because Erica’s family is large. She was a dynamo who threw herself into her wedding planning, but while they were planning, they were both working and dedicated to their careers. Planning the wedding became chaotic and exhausting.
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Erica became more and more exhausted and sick. It seemed that she just had a pesky cold that she couldn’t shake. Then, a visit to the physician led to some deeper investigations. At first, they suspected that she had Lupus, an autoimmune disorder. The doctor recommended a CT scan to determine the source of her illness.
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The CT scan revealed some devastating news just mere days before her wedding! It wasn’t just a cold. It wasn’t Lupus. The CT scan revealed something far more deadly hidden within Erica’s body. There were multiple tumors inside her body. One was a softball-sized tumor in her chest. It was putting pressure on her heart. A second tumor was lodged behind her diaphragm.
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The tests revealed that Erica Werdel was facing a battle with large B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The 28-year old bride to be was facing a rare case of the deadly disease. This type cancer is fast growing, and the doctors acted quickly. She endured the first round of chemotherapy just days after the diagnosis.
