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On his wife's last day of chemotherapy, this husband gave her a surprise she'll never forget

OMAHA, Neb. — Over the past year, Brad Bousquet's wife, Alissa, had been receiving chemotherapy treatments at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Today is my wife’s last chemotherapy treatment.  She has amazed me with her strength, courage, and positive attitude through it all.  She still has a few surgeries ahead of her but completing chemotherapy is huge milestone in her journey.  I  wanted to do something special during this last treatment to celebrate the end of her chemo and to show her the tremendous love and support she has from her friends and family.  I also wanted to honor her fight against cancer by providing a donation in her name towards breast cancer research.  To accomplish this I secretly sent a text to several of Alissa’s friends and family.  I asked them to help me surprise her by  showering her in roses during her last treatment.  I arranged for our local flower shop to take the orders.  Each rose was purchased for $10.00 with all of the proceeds being donated to Susan G. Komen towards breast cancer research.  I was amazed when the orders started rolling in!  We quickly reached 100 roses, then 300 roses, then 400.  When we reached 500 roses I told the flower shop to stop ordering roses and let all the remaining orders go entirely to the Susan G. Komen donation.  Together over 170 families wanted to purchase roses and we ended up raising over $4500 for breast cancer research.  The flower shop placed the roses in 36 vases and then put them in 6 small wicker baskets.  Alissa’s two teen aged daughters and four close friends (AKA Alissa’s Crew) made the delivery.  After presenting the rose baskets to my wife we shared them with the other cancer patients receiving treatment today as a gift from our family.  The joy of sharing these roses with the other cancer patients was one of my favorite parts.  Many had tears as they read the card I wrote for them.  Thanks so much for all the support from our friends and family!

Posted by Brad Bousquet on Thursday, June 23, 2016

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After undergoing three surgeries before reaching the final chemo session, Brad wanted to congratulate his wife for overcoming such a difficult time. And a dozen roses just didn’t seem like enough.

"Today is my wife's last chemotherapy treatment," Brad wrote on Facebook. "She has amazed me with her strength, courage and positive attitude through it all. She still has a few surgeries ahead of her but completing chemotherapy is huge milestone in her journey.

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Very proud of this girl!  BRAVE, STRONG, and POSITIVE through it all.  2nd round of chemo.  Just 4 more rounds of the tough chemo followed by a few more surgeries.

Posted by Brad Bousquet on Thursday, March 31, 2016

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“I wanted to do something special during this last treatment to celebrate the end of her chemo and to show her the tremendous love and support she has from her friends and family,” he continued.

Each rose was purchased for $10 with all of the proceeds being donated to Susan G. Komen toward breast cancer research.

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Kicking cancer's butt with a great attitude!  Round 4 almost down, just 2 more to go.

Posted by Brad Bousquet on Thursday, May 12, 2016

“We quickly reached 100 roses, then 300 roses, then 400. When we reached 500 roses, I told the flower shop to stop ordering roses and let all the remaining orders go entirely to the Susan G. Komen donation," he wrote. "Together over 170 families wanted to purchase roses and we ended up raising over $4500 for breast cancer research. The flower shop placed the roses in 36 vases and then put them in 6 small wicker baskets. Alissa’s two teen aged daughters and four close friends (AKA Alissa’s Crew) made the delivery.”