SFA's Lumberjack baseball team beat Central Arkansas 10-8 on Saturday. The Daily Sentinel, Nacogdoches' largest paper delivered the big news: "The story of the day, though, was the pitching — not just of the SFA bullpen, but of SFA Ladyjack Krystil Burney, who has Hodgkin's lymphoma.
She is also the sister of SFA baseball player Justin Burney and the girlfriend of SFA baseball player Jake Leonhardt.
Burney threw out the first pitch, which was caught by her brother Justin. She stepped on the mound, glove in front of her mouth and shook off her brother's signs. She then spit out some sunflower seeds and fired a strike into her brother's mitt."
Krystil's mother, Edith breathed a sigh of relief that her daughter had the energy to throw out pitches in both the baseball and softball games. Although, she gave the appearance of youthful energy and enthusiasm on Saturday, Sunday Morning brought very sore muscles for Krystil. Krystil was very thankful to everyone at SFA who brought attention to the condition that plagues so many.
In a National Search for her initial bone marrow transplant, only eight potential donors were found to help Krystil. Sadly, after being contacted, only two of these potential lifesavers showed for their appointment. There remains a great need for more donors. Donating your healthy blood-forming cells can save a life. And, the donor is back to normal after just a few days.
Please visit: National Marrow Donor Registry for more information. We continue to be inspired by Krystil's courage as she fights cancer.
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The Vicarious Life would like to recognize our neighbors, Brian and Kim Long. On Sunday, April 1, 2007, this lovely couple took it upon themselves to attend to the trash, weeds and overgrown shrubbery that was making my yard something of a blight on our neighborhood. This can-do attitude is much appreciated. (BEFORE and AFTER photos attached.)
