As 14-year-old Grace Bunke faced numerous rounds of chemotherapy to combat bone cancer, her friend McClain Hermes gave her a wall plaque with “Just keep swimming” etched into the wood. Michael Koenigs @MikeOnABikeABC reports.
That motto epitomizes their relationship.
The two teenagers met during a swim practice for BlazeSports, a nonprofit that supports children with physical disabilities through adaptive sports.
Hermes had double retinal detachments in both eyes at the age of 8, the result of Wagner Syndrome. She became completely blind in her right eye and is progressively losing her vision in her left eye.
Bunke was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2014, faced 18 rounds chemotherapy and had a partial leg amputation known as rotationplasty to attempt to remove the cancer from her left leg. Her mother Vicki recorded various aspects of Bunke's health journey on a CaringBridge blog.
“One day we were thrown in the same lane together and just instantly became friends,” said Hermes.
They help one another in and out of the water.
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