*HOME STRETCH!* *Update On April's Progress*

Greetings, TEAM APRIL!

We have four months to go! April is scheduled to move out of her rehabilitation apartment on April 1st, 2023. Please join us in this home stretch.

She continues to recover and gain more strides in all areas of healing. It has been a month since the last opening on her neck was closed, and she is now taking fluids by mouth regularly. She has gained fifteen pounds. She also periodically walks 1-3 miles every other day. The leg that had muscles harvested for her throat reconstruction is learning to work differently and gaining strength.

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She plans on participating in Thanksgiving this year by eating by mouth as much as she can.

For those who do not know the complete story, April is recovering from throat cancer surgery. The type of surgery she had was very unusual and incredibly risky. She almost died three times during the four days before her ten-hour surgery on March 24th, 2022. Her incredible surgeon Dr. Feng rebuilt her throat by harvesting a muscle from her leg. It was extensive and unprecedented. Dr, Feng is an award-winning microvascular throat cancer surgeon. Without his genius, April would not be alive.

Included in this miraculous story is the gift given to April by the company Veritone. They cloned her voice from over eight years of recordings from lectures, voicemails, recorded messages, and videos.

The amount of gifts and grace has been mountainous.

We are forever grateful.

We still need your help to get April through the next four months.

Please and thank you!