The Kristen Hartland Memorial Fund at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center was established to help with research on pregnant women with cancer.

Kristen was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 25. She went through the surgeries and chemotherapy and was excited to find out she was pregnant when she was finished with her treatments. Unfortunately while she was pregnant she was diagnosed with a recurrence. She was then treated while pregnant with Herceptin in combination with Navelbine under the care of Dr. Richard Theriault. Her son was born healthy in November of 2003.

Dr. Theriault is a professor in the department of breast/medical oncology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and he specializes in the treatment of pregnant women with breast cancer.

The fund was set up by her husband and friends after Kristen passed away in June 2005. David has set up a website in memory of his wife Kristen.

David and his son Samuel have to adjust to a life without a loving wife and mother. One sentence that David wrote about this really got to me. He said "When it's just me and him in the house, he goes around looking for her, goes to our room to see if she's in bed. I just walk around the house with him and let him see that it's just him and me now."

For more information about the fund go to KristenHartland.com.