ASHLAND — Some Ashland police and fire personnel will duke it out Friday during a softball game aimed at raising money for a captain’s wife who is battling breast cancer.
Battle of the Badges will start at 7 p.m. at Brookside Park. All money raised at the event will benefit Capt. Mark Miller’s family and wife, Mary.
Mary Miller was diagnosed with breast cancer Nov. 20. She began rounds of chemotherapy in January, which last 20 weeks, said Mark Miller in an email.
“After chemotherapy she had a partial mastectomy with complications from an infection. It took a week in the hospital to treat the infection and she ended up having two more surgeries to deal with the wound,” he said.
His wife then went through 15 rounds of radiation treatment, finishing up Aug. 18, he said. And she will receive infusions of Herceptin, a chemotherapy drug, every three weeks through the end of the year.
“It’s been a lengthy process but she’s had a great team at Taussig Cancer Center at the Cleveland Clinic,” he said.
Miller said Mary has been doing well and that she returned to work at OhioHealth Heart and Vascular as a registered nurse.
“She’s been able to add some cycling back into her routine too. She’ll be at the game (Friday) to cheer on the fun,” he said.
