Her attitude is always so positive, and she makes such an effort in her life to bring joy to those around her. The time spent with her sister deeply affected Abrigg, who along with others at Hendrick Medical Center's Vera West Women's Center has turned toward increasing awareness about breast cancer, how to detect it, and how to prevent it. Grace has just completed chemotherapy and is waiting to see the final results of the treatment. If all goes well, she may be cancer-free. I know that there are a lot of women out there who do what is needed, but I also know there are some out there who do not.
Awareness is so key to successful diagnosis and treatment.
Adept with a sewing machine, Abrigg and a large number of those employed at the center have been hard at work making anywhere between 1,200 and 1,500 lavender-filled sachets to be given to women who have a mammogram during October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A mammogram is one of the best detection tools that we have toward early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Women who have one are making a choice for life. Each of the tiny sachets starts out with material turned into small bags to hold the lavender by Abrigg's sewing skills. She perfected the technique earlier when making larger sachets for her daughter's bridesmaids.