A MINNESOTA WOMAN DEVOTED
HER LIFE TO FIGHTING FOR CANCER
RESEARCH FUNDING.
SHE REGULARLY TRAVELED TO
CONGRESS TO SHARE HER EXPERIENCE
. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER
AND WAS JUST 43 YEARS OLD WHEN
SHE LOST HER BATTLE.
HER LIFE STORY IS ONE OF
DETERMINATION.
REPORTER: AS MINNESOTA'S LEAD
AMBASSADOR FOR THE AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY'S CANCER ACTION
NETWORK, SHE KNEW HOW TO MAKE
PEOPLE LISTEN.
PATIENTS HAVE TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN SAVING THEIR LIFE AND
LIFE SAVINGS.REPORTER: ROBBIE
AND ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO
CUSTODY -- ROBBIE ANN
ENCOURAGED OTHERS THE FIGHT.
A TIRELESS ADVOCATE WHO WAS
ALSO OFTEN TIRED AS SHE WALKED
FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING ON
CAPITOL HILL.
THE CHEMOTHERAPY HAD
ACTUALLY DAMAGED THE BONE IN
ONE OF HER HIPS SO IT WAS
BASICALLY DEAD.
SHE WAS BASICALLY WALKING
AROUND WITH A BROKEN HIP FOR
THE LAST 5 TO 6 YEARS.
SHE WOULD GET OUT THERE AND
WALK EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HARD,
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PAINFUL,
EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS
TIRED.REPORTER: ELLIE BEAVER
IS ON THE STAFF AND BECAME
FRIENDS WITH ROBBIE ANN .
EVERY TIME SHE WOULD HAVE A
RECURRENCE AND THERE WOULD BE
SOMETHING CUTTING-EDGE, SHE
COULD TRY IT AND THAT REALLY
EXTENDED HER LIFE.
REPORTER: THAT EXPLAINS HER
DETERMINATION.
SHE WANTED OTHER CANCER
PATIENTS TO HAVE BETTER CHANCES
OF SURVIVAL.
KATELYN DIVORCE IS ONE OF HER
MENTEES.
HER LEGACY IS GOING TO LIVE
ON IN ALL OF THE LAWS THAT SHE
HAS HAD PAST THAT ARE GOING TO
HELP CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
ALL OF THE LAWS THAT ARE GOING
TO BE PASSED FOLLOWING HER LOSS
BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE
ME SHARING HER STORIES.
ROBBIE ANN DIED ON NOVEMBER
22, THE DAY BEFORE
