Wives and partners of Dallas Cowboys coaches and players spent an evening giving back, visiting cancer patients at the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge in Dallas.<\/p>\n
The Hope Lodge provides free lodging to patients undergoing treatment in the city, and on Thursday night, those patients received a special visit from members of the Cowboys Women’s Association, including Gemmi Schottenheimer, wife of head coach Brian Schottenheimer.<\/p>\n
“It resonates because we’ve all had people affected by cancer,” Gemmi said. “My husband is actually a cancer survivor. When I was six months pregnant, we found out he had thyroid cancer. So personally, this affects us greatly and deeply.”<\/p>\n
Schottenheimer said the visit was a way to connect with patients and offer support, something her family knows is invaluable.<\/p>\n
Among the patients she met was Amber Eytcheson, who has been battling triple-negative breast cancer while staying at the Hope Lodge during her treatments at UT Southwestern.<\/p>\n
“It’s just the fun little things that help you take your mind away from what you’re actually here for, fighting for your life,” Eytcheson said.<\/p>\n
After months of radiation, Eytcheson celebrated a milestone on Monday, ringing the chimes to mark the end of her treatment. She says the Cowboys’ visit brought her hope and encouragement.<\/p>\n
“It’s not just about sports allegiance,” she said. “It’s about humanity and being nice to each person.”<\/p>\n
Schottenheimer said her husband’s recovery and the resilience she sees in patients remind her of how precious each day is. The Cowboys community has also recently rallied around another survivor: owner Jerry Jones, who has spoken publicly about his past cancer battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wives and partners of Dallas Cowboys coaches and players spent an evening giving back, visiting cancer patients at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2622,102,113,104,103,1444],"class_list":{"0":"post-20941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-cancer","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallas-headlines","12":"tag-dallas-news","13":"tag-volunteer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}