{"id":16194,"date":"2019-12-02T21:51:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T21:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=290252"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:16:52","slug":"survivor-sees-mom-fighting-breast-cancer-at-brunch-and-pays-for-her-whole-familys-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/survivor-sees-mom-fighting-breast-cancer-at-brunch-and-pays-for-her-whole-familys-meal\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor Sees Mom Fighting Breast Cancer At Brunch And Pays For Her Whole Family\u2019s Meal"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Amy Pettenato went out to brunch with her family in the midst of cancer treatment, she met a woman who she\u2019s calling an \u201cangel.\u201d<\/span>Pettenato is fighting not only breast cancer, but kidney failure as well. She\u2019s been juggling breast cancer treatments, dialysis, and working full-time at a local credit union all at the same time. Earlier in the year, she underwent a double mastectomy and reconstruction<\/a>.<\/span>Now she\u2019s going through chemo. When her hair began falling out in clumps<\/a>, she took matters into her own hands and ended up shaving her head.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Amy Nevins Pettenato<\/span>
\n<\/span>A couple of days later, she went out to brunch at a restaurant called Metropolis in Medford, New York, with her husband, Mike, and daughter, Angelina. It was her first time out in public after shaving her head, and she was self-conscious. She wore a \u201ccancer survivor\u201d hat to cover her head.<\/span>Pettenato noticed that the family seated next to them seemed to keep looking at her, and it made her even more concerned<\/a> about her appearance.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Amy Nevins Pettenato<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cNext to us is a family. Mom dad and four girls,\u201d Pettenato wrote<\/a> on Facebook. \u201cAt times I noticed one of the daughters looking at me and then noticed the mom looking and smiling at me. As you can [see] I have my cancer hat on.\u201d<\/span>Before the family left the restaurant, the mom came over to Pettenato and struck up a conversation. She was a 13-year breast cancer survivor, and shared a bit of her story with Pettenato. She ended by wishing her luck and encouraging her to stay positive. Pettenato was touched by her words.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Amy Nevins Pettenato<\/span>
\n<\/span>When Pettenato asked for the check a while later, the waitress informed them that the bill had already been paid by the family that had been sitting next to them.<\/span>The act of kindness made Pettenato cry.<\/span>\u201cShe was an angel and made my day,\u201d Pettenato wrote on Facebook<\/a>. \u201cNot because she paid the bill but because she wasn\u2019t afraid to sit next to a total stranger and share her experience and wish me the best. Amazing!!\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Angelina Pettenato<\/span>She posted on Facebook about the incident in hopes that it would eventually reach the stranger who had been so kind.<\/span>\u201cI thanked her for sitting and sharing her story but never knew to thank for paying our bill,\u201d she wrote<\/a>. \u201cMaybe somehow this can be shared and who knows maybe it can reach them somehow. Thank you very much not only for paying our bill but also stopping to sit and share your experience and remind me to stay positive and I\u2019ll get through this just as she did.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>Her post attracted a lot of attention and shares. It was also shared in a local moms group on Facebook. Between that local moms group and one of Pettenato\u2019s friends commenting who it was, the woman was identified as Kerry Holmes-Vallario.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Amy Nevins Pettenato<\/span>The two women are now connected again and are able to share their experiences and hope with each other.<\/span>\u201cWhen I saw her I knew exactly what she was feeling,\u201d Holmes-Vallario told Patch<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI remember the day my husband shaved my head; it was the hardest day of my life. When I saw her sitting there I just wanted her to know that she isn\u2019t alone in her fight and that \u2018we\u2019 as warriors are all here for each other. On my journey I had met so many women who became friends from this disease and I wanted a just reach out to Amy and let her know I was there for her.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Angelina Pettenato<\/span>After she completes her cancer treatment, Pettenato will need a liver and kidney transplant<\/a>. No matter what lies ahead, though, Pettenato is staying positive<\/span>\u201cThroughout this whole journey, I\u2019ve said I am going through this for a reason,\u201d she said<\/a>. \u201cWhen I am done, I am going to be that supporter for someone else \u2014 I\u2019m going to volunteer and share my story.<\/span>\u201cI never said \u2018Why me?\u2019 I said, \u2018We got this. We will get through this,’\u201d she said.<\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Amy Pettenato went out to brunch with her family in the midst of cancer treatment, she met a woman who she\u2019s calling an \u201cangel.\u201dPettenato is fighting not only breast cancer, but kidney failure as well. She\u2019s been juggling breast cancer treatments, dialysis, and working full-time at a local credit union all at the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44381,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16194\/revisions\/44381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}