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Maine oncology nurse to run Boston Marathon in honor of nephew with brain cancer

<i>WMTW via CNN Newsource</i><br/>A Maine woman who is running the 129th Boston Marathon said her work and family life have inspired her to participate in the historic race. Laura Gosselin lives in the town of China in Kennebec County and works as an oncology nurse at MaineGeneral's Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta. She took on that job after losing her mother in 2018.
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A Maine woman who is running the 129th Boston Marathon said her work and family life have inspired her to participate in the historic race. Laura Gosselin lives in the town of China in Kennebec County and works as an oncology nurse at MaineGeneral's Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta. She took on that job after losing her mother in 2018.

By Terry Stackhouse

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    AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) — A Maine woman who is running the 129th Boston Marathon said her work and family life have inspired her to participate in the historic race.

Laura Gosselin lives in the town of China in Kennebec County and works as an oncology nurse at MaineGeneral’s Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta. She took on that job after losing her mother in 2018.

Gosselin has been training for her first Boston Marathon and takes breaks every time a special song comes on her playlist in order to dance, a special way to honor her nephew who is battling brain cancer.

In addition to running for her nephew, Gosselin is raising money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute by participating in the marathon. She has raised more than $13,000 so far.

“I think I will be praying for my patients that are fighting, praying for my nephew and his family, and I think that’s definitely going to carry me through the whole 26.2 miles,” Gosselin said.

Maine’s Total Coverage will be live at the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21. Our team will bring you live coverage of the race and the Mainers who are taking part in it.

WMTW Channel 8 is also honoring Hearst Television family members impacted by stroke and joining with New England sister stations WCVB, WMUR and WPTZ in a group-wide effort to support Tedy’s Team Boston Marathon run to raise money and awareness to fight stroke, a silent killer that’s on the rise in people of all ages. Tedy’s Team was started by New England Patriots icon Tedy Bruschi and his family in 2005 after he suffered a stroke at the age of 31, just nine days after winning his third Super Bowl with the team.

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