The age of 42 is too young to be contemplating your own mortality but that’s the situation facing John Phillippe who is suffering from brain cancer and needs the drug Avastin to stay alive.
A benefit auction will be held tomorrow night at the Aquarius to help him out which Phillippe tells CHSJ News is overwhelming when you consider the number of peopkle coming together to make the effort to extend his life.
Avastin costs 10 thousand dollars or more a month to take but isn’t covered in this province yet. Premier David Alward is promising to bring in a catastrophic drug plan with the help of former Provincial Health Minister Dr. Dennis Furlong.
