Posted by Laura McCallister, Multimedia Producer - email By Amy Anderson, Anchor/Reporter - bio | emailCopyright 2011 KCTV. All rights reserved.
Woman with cancer given the gift of A/C during extreme heatGARDNER, KS (KCTV) - You don't need a bank sign to tell you how hot it's been recently. Some people need more relief than others and a local company is offering that relief, free of charge.
Ashley Bilbrey likes to enjoy a moment of bliss, when she can, amidst a very tough year. At just 31 years old, Bilbrey is fighting stage four breast cancer. Her diagnosis changed her September wedding plans. Rather than an extravagant wedding, she and her sweetheart married on their couch after Bilbrey battled a tough round of chemo. They plan to walk down the aisle, party style, in the spring.
By DeAnn Smith, Digital Content Manager - email By Amy Anderson, Anchor/Reporter - bio | emailGARDNER, KS (KCTV) - An area business steps in again after a cancer patient's air-conditioning unit fails a second time.
Ashley Bilbrey came home from a cancer hospital in Houston last month to discover her air conditioning had failed. LBA Heating and Cooling made the expensive repairs then at no cost to Bilbrey.
Except the unit stopped working a second time over the weekend, sending temperatures inside Bilbrey's home soaring to 90 degrees. Neither Ashley nor her husband, Sean, knew what to do.