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RUSSELL EASY: At the VG fighting cancer and for the right to clean water

RUSSELL EASY: At the VG fighting cancer and for the right to clean water

I am currently at the VG undergoing my third round of immuno/chemotherapy, and though I know I will be treated with outstanding care, I also know that I will be unable to simply go to the bathroom to rinse my flushed face with cool water from the tap. I will be unable to take a shower, even though the toxic drugs flowing through my body will cause shakes and shivers and night sweats. And I also know that the caretakers and registered nurses who do such a phenomenal job will be taking precious time out of their schedule to prepare clean and pathogen-free water for me and for others much worse off than I am, simply so these individuals who are ill can take a necessary sponge bath to ease the distress of their treatments.