Winery owner, 37, battles cancer while cultivating family business

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Drew Baker, one of three siblings running Old Westminster Winery in Maryland, says his disease 'is not only aggressive but also perplexing, even to the best doctors in the world.'

Drew Baker poses with sisters Ashli Johnson, left, and Lisa Hinton for a photo posted Sept. 7 on his Facebook page.It was heartwarming to see a photo of Drew Baker posted on Sept. 7 standing by his sisters Lisa Hinton and Ashli Johnson.in Maryland on a day they picked grapes was short but resonated volumes knowing what he has been through 17 months: “Doing what I love with people I love. It doesn’t get any better than this.

Last August, Ashli served as a donor for a bone marrow transplant that seemingly had Drew, a 37-year-old father of three, on a route to recovery. But the cancer returned this past March. On June 29,: “My disease is a bone marrow borne disease, but certain mutations, like the one I have, are capable of crawling into the central nervous system, setting up camp there to weather the storm of treatments and proliferate again. This condition is extremely rare and dangerous.

 

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