RIVERVIEW, NB – Life has been a battle for 16-year-old Becca Schofield of Riverview for the past eight months, as she’s fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer.
“It will make me nauseous, the medicine that I take, so I spend a lot of time in the hospital,” Becca said.
Becca has undergone surgery to remove the tumor , 30 grueling radiation treatments and now chemo treatments at the IWK Heath Centre in Halifax.
Her mother Anne Schofield says the exhausting and terrifying journey was made a little easier by her school mates this past week. More than 200 students at Riverview High School came together to produce a touching video in support of Becca.
‘”It overwhelms me every time I watch the video I cry,” said Anne.
“You hope that your family and friends will be there to support you when you go through something hard. But when you have strangers in the community who come together and help you like the kids at the high school, the stuff they have done…they have done fundraisers and now this video,” she said.
Michael Tremblay produced the video with the help of Becca’s best friend Danielle Gregoire.
“We just really, as a school want to show, as a school how much we support Becca and we just really want to make her feel loved,” said Tremblay.
Becca’s best friend Danielle chose the song Rachel Platten’s “Stand by You” to be featured in the video.
“Saying I am going to stand by you while you are fighting and I am going to fight with you cause we can get through this together,” she said.
Becca says she was a once shy awkward girl in high school who always did her best to be invisible.
“I was always kind of hiding from people basically and just to see those popular kids that I was so afraid of, to see that they care about me is just so wonderful cause I used to think that I was the last thing on anyone’s mind,” said Becca.
She was wrong.
The video was delivered to Becca in her hospital room last week and it could not have come at a better time. Becca’s moms says she had lost her spark and was struggling with extreme nausea and fatigue last week.
“When we brought that video in she said it was the first time her baby had smiled in days,” said Danielle.
“All of this support has made me into a happier person definitely,” Becca said.
Becca says the video has helped her get through the toughest battle of her life.
“I care so much less what other people think of me. Honestly yeah getting cancer sucked but it changed me for the better.”
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