SPARKS, Nev. — A Sparks family facing a devastating cancer diagnosis got an unexpected knock at the door — and a surprise meant to help them spend meaningful time together.
Sara Howard, 45, was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer four years ago. After remission, two recurrences and nine surgeries, doctors recently told her the cancer has spread too much for surgery.
“I’m now actually considered terminal at this point they’ve given me a timeline of less than a year,” Sara Howard said.
Sara and her husband, John Howard, said telling their four children — ages 22, 20, 16 and 13 — was one of the hardest parts.
“When my husband and I told our kids, that was the hardest thing I ever had to do in my whole life,” Sara Howard said…