A BIG CHANGE. BEFORE THIS WEEK, SAPHIRA HAD TO WALK MILES JUST TO MAKE HER DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENTS. BUT THANKS TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT, HER BATTLE WITH CANCER IS AN EASIER RIDE. SEVERO WAS DIAGNOSED IN THE FALL WITH BRAIN CANCER AFTER GETTING INTO A MAJOR CAR WRECK. I HAD ENDED UP CRASHING INTO A NEAR 80 MILES PER HOUR AND THAT TOTALED MY CAR WHILE GETTING TREATMENT FOR THAT CRASH. THE AWFUL DISCOVERY. I REMEMBER THE DOCTOR COMING IN AND TELLING ME YOU HAVE CANCER AND I WAS JUST INCREDIBLY SHOCKED BECAUSE I’M LIKE, I HAVE CANCER. I’M 20. SHE LOST HER CAR AND NOW HAD TO WALK TO SCHOOL, WORK. AND THE DOCTORS WALKING IN TO THE DOCTOR WOULD TAKE LIKE 4 HOURS JUST TO GET THERE. AND THEN ONCE I GOT THERE, I WAS PRETTY EXHAUSTED AFTER HEARING HER STORY TENACIOUSLY TILL AN OKLAHOMA CITY NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON HELPING PATIENTS BATTLE THE BIG C. I KNEW THEY HAD TO STEP IN AND JUST LIKE THAT, THIS BRAND NEW RIDE WAS HERS FREE OF CHARGE OR WORRY. PROVIDE AT SUCH A SUCH A LEVEL TO SOMEBODY IN IN NEED WAS WAS REALLY AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE. WE COULDN’T BE MORE BLESSED. I FEEL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS. MR. SEVERE IS STILL AT THE STARTING LINE OF HER DIAGNOSIS, BUT SAYS THIS GIFT MAKES THE UNKNOWN A LITTLE EASIER. IT’S UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT’S THE WAY IT IS. AND HAVING THE CAR, I’M LIKE, I’M ABLE TO JUST DRI
20-year-old Oklahoma with cancer gets life-changing gift
Saphirah Hoffman, a student at the University of Central Oklahoma, was diagnosed with brain cancer in the fall. She found out after she was involved in a major car accident.
Updated: 4:28 AM EDT Mar 18, 2023
A 20-year-old college student who was having to walk to work, class, and doctors’ appointments received a life-changing gift this week. Saphirah Hoffman, a student at the University of Central Oklahoma, was diagnosed with brain cancer in the fall. She found out after she was involved in a major car accident. “I ended up crashing into a deer at 80 mph and that totaled my car,” Hoffman said. While getting treatment after the crash, doctors made the discovery. “I remember the doctor coming in and telling me I have cancer,” Hoffman said. “I’m like, ‘I have cancer? I’m 20.'”After losing her car in the accident, she now had to walk to all the places she used to drive. “Walking to the doctor would take like four hours just to get there, and then once I got there, I was pretty exhausted,” Hoffman said. After hearing her story, Tenaciously Teal, an Oklahoma City nonprofit organization focused on helping patients battle cancer, knew they had to step in. “We were seeing what we could do to provide some type of transportation for her, so we reached out with our partners at Cavender Subaru,” Tarah Warren, the nonprofit group’s executive director, said.Hoffman was gifted a brand-new car, free of charge or worry. “To provide at such a level to someone in need was really an awesome experience,” Cavender Subaru of Norman general manager Kirk Albarian said. The dealership is located in Norman, Oklahoma, which is around 20 miles from Oklahoma City.Hoffman is still in the early stages of her diagnosis, but she said the gift makes the unknown a little easier. “We couldn’t be more blessed I feel that we are able to experience this with Saphira,” new car director Nathan West said.
A 20-year-old college student who was having to walk to work, class, and doctors’ appointments received a life-changing gift this week.
Saphirah Hoffman, a student at the University of Central Oklahoma, was diagnosed with brain cancer in the fall. She found out after she was involved in a major car accident.
“I ended up crashing into a deer at 80 mph and that totaled my car,” Hoffman said.
While getting treatment after the crash, doctors made the discovery.
“I remember the doctor coming in and telling me I have cancer,” Hoffman said. “I’m like, ‘I have cancer? I’m 20.'”
After losing her car in the accident, she now had to walk to all the places she used to drive.
“Walking to the doctor would take like four hours just to get there, and then once I got there, I was pretty exhausted,” Hoffman said.
After hearing her story, Tenaciously Teal, an Oklahoma City nonprofit organization focused on helping patients battle cancer, knew they had to step in.
“We were seeing what we could do to provide some type of transportation for her, so we reached out with our partners at Cavender Subaru,” Tarah Warren, the nonprofit group’s executive director, said.
Hoffman was gifted a brand-new car, free of charge or worry.
“To provide at such a level to someone in need was really an awesome experience,” Cavender Subaru of Norman general manager Kirk Albarian said. The dealership is located in Norman, Oklahoma, which is around 20 miles from Oklahoma City.
Hoffman is still in the early stages of her diagnosis, but she said the gift makes the unknown a little easier.
“We couldn’t be more blessed I feel that we are able to experience this with Saphira,” new car director Nathan West said.
