For a long time, Nancy Bidwill’s breast cancer had been in remission.
Almost 30 years later a different version appeared, frightening her whole family – until once again, the disease was beaten back, and her family saw their matriarch from a different perspective.
“We realized my mother had this tremendous gift to fight something fiercely, but with amazing grace,” said Michael Bidwill, president of the Cardinals.
The NFL is in the middle of its “Crucial Catch” month, set aside every season for cancer awareness. The concept this season was changed to include all types of cancer, but until this year, the focus was on breast
cancer – and that was a topic well known by the Cardinals and the Bidwills.