Beloved Clovis Unified employee battling aggressive brain cancer

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- One period ago, Bonnie Bisby was acceptable to instrumentality a travel of a beingness with her girl to Costa Rica.

But erstwhile she arrived, she started having symptoms that would pb to the diagnosis of a lifetime.

"I was determination a day, and I started noticing things. My look starting to droop, I couldn't assistance my limb anymore, I couldn't usage the close broadside of my assemblage and being successful different state was precise difficult," said Bisby.

Initially, doctors thought it mightiness person been a stroke, but rapidly realized it was overmuch more.

The contiguous prescription: get location to the U.S.

As soon arsenic she landed astatine LAX successful Southern California, she went consecutive to Cedars Sinai Medical Center, wherever doctors diagnosed her with Glioblastoma. It's an assertive signifier of encephalon cancer.

Initially, she and her hubby were shocked. Reality sunk successful erstwhile she returned to Fresno and though she has not been capable to instrumentality to enactment astatine Maple Creek Elementary, she thinks astir the students each day.

"I conscionable spell to enactment a mates hours a day. But if I tin marque a quality successful conscionable 1 child's life, that means the satellite to me," said Bisby.

She's been portion of the Maple Creek assemblage for much than 2 decades, archetypal arsenic a genitor and past arsenic a volunteer. Since 2008, she's been a field monitor. In that role, she's been a root of emotion and encouragement for countless students.

"Every kid deserves to beryllium loved and that they're special. That's what I do. I mightiness beryllium conscionable a field monitor, but not to me. It's a batch much than that," said Bisby.

The feeling is mutual.

"Within her role, she does a batch much than that. She's perpetually gathering kids up. She's perpetually affirming kids positively. The relation is supervision, but she does a batch much than that," said Principal Gina Kismet.

Friday night, the schoolhouse is dedicating their movie nighttime fundraiser to Bonnie.

This is simply a mode for some unit members and students to springiness back; each wealth raised volition payment her aesculapian costs.

"I americium truthful touched by everyone. So humbled. So humbled," said Bisby.

And arsenic she looks up to the combat of her life, she says there's nary fearfulness of the crab that's attacking her brain, for her bosom is afloat of faith.

"I spot successful the Lord. I'm believing for a miracle. I'm believing for a miracle, I cognize God's going to springiness it to me," said Bisby.

A GoFundMe page has been created to assistance Bonnie and her household with aesculapian expenses.

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