Chicago mom and son take fight against childhood cancer to Capitol Hill
When 70 or so moms gather in Washington, D.C., this week to talk to their elected representatives about childhood-cancer funding, Albany Park’s Sheila Quirke will be among them. Her 9-year-old son, Jay, will be there too.
Quirke’s daughter, Donna, died in 2009 at age 4 from a brain tumor. Jay was...