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hey were on the way home from
the hospital when Cindy Rippel
told her 16-year-old son he had
cancer.
Joey Rippel knew he...
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THE SHORT GAMETHE SHORT GAME
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hey were on the way home from
the hospital when Cindy Rippel
told her 16-year-old son he had
cancer.
Joey Rippel knew he had a golf ballsized growth on his neck that needed to be
surgically removed, but he had no clue as
to the extent of the situation.
Joey’s first
question: Would he have to go through
chemotherapy and lose all his hair? His
mom said that was likely.
Joey hesitated for a moment.
Then he
said, “Well, I guess it will be an adventure.
.
.
and I’ll have a great story to share
when I become a professional golfer.
”
It was that type of spirit and positive
thinking that helped Joey Rippel, now an
18-year-old senior and member of the
Dulles High School golf team, fight
through four months of chemotherapy in
2007 to treat his Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
“That’s kind of how I’ve always been,”
said Rippel, whose cancer is in 100 percent remission.
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