I'm Riding For

Anthony Baker-LaViolette

Anthony was 7 when he got sick. We were told it was the flu, it was migraines, it was a sinus infection. Nobody really knew for sure until the doctors checked his optic nerve and told us something didn’t look right. An MRI revealed a brain tumor, and that started the downward spiral. We were given a diagnosis of brain cancer. I couldn’t even say the “C” word. He fought hard for two years against a demon that no child should ever have to worry about: chemotherapy’s, Blood Brain Barrier Disruption, radiation, and weight gain to name a few of the things he had to tolerate. On December 23, 1997 he lost the battle but he won the war. I’m riding to raise money to keep his memory alive and to make a difference and fight kids’ cancer.