Title: Episode #0088 Walks on the Beach With Angie: A Father’s Story of Love by Don Warner
Walks on the Beach with Angie: A Father’s Story of Love describes Don’s relationship with his beloved daughter, Angela, who had cystic fibrosis. Don Warner and his wife, Linda, did everything they could to give their only child immeasurable love and the fullest life possible, all the while carrying out an aggressive treatment regimen to fight her fatal disease.
- Angela was diagnosed at 3 months of age and recalls how alarming & frightening the information on CF was at the library.
- “Angie was an active child and a normal high school kid very involved in cheerleading,” states Don.
- During the final 86 days of her life, as Angie lay in the intensive care unit on a ventilator, the Warner’s were surrounded by love ones. The grief and loss that Don and his wife experience prompted him to write the book and create a lasting legacy in her honor.
- Angela loved vacationing with the family in Laguna Beach, taking walks on the beach at night star gazing, and having great conversations about life.
- Don Warner’s advice to CF patients and their families; “keep fighting everyday”.
- Don Warner’s recommendations to others that experience the loss of a child from a fatal disease; “whatever pain you are feeling it’s ok, surround yourself with loved ones, and have faith & hope that you will re-unite someday”.
- For more information go to: www.angelawarnerfoundation.org
This “LIVING. BREATHING. SUCCEEDING.” Podcast/Vodcast series is the 10th in a series of 12 made possible through and unrestricted educational grant from Genentech to The Boomer Esiason Foundation.