May 13, 2024 • 7 mins
Jessica Turri is a neighbor, a nurse, a fellow cancer patient, and a country music star — listen to how she found comfort thanks to St. Jude at every turn. If you want to help text ELVIS to 62-62-62
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
You know what, last week we had the best day.
We flew down to Memphis and went to Saint Jude
Children's Research Hospital. God, that's the second time I've been there.
I went like eleven years ago, and the place is
just amazing. I mean it's overwhelmingly fantastic, right, I mean
I was with Danielle and Nate. You know, one of
(00:27):
my favorite people from Saint Jude. Can we get can
we get Jessica Turrey on the phone? Is she wround? Yeah?
All right, My god, that was fast. That's so funny.
I said, can you get me Jessica Turrey from Saint Jude?
And she's there. That's this is how, this is how
amazing Saint Jude truly is. She's always on hold. She's
(00:48):
always on hold. Can we tell you, first of all,
the first time we met you is when you came
to New York and we had a big meeting with
you and other Saint Jude Saint Juter's I don't know, uh.
And then when we saw you last week, you're the
best host and you're just if you want to know
anything about Saint Jude, Jessica knows it, and if she doesn't,
(01:08):
she's very convincing. She'll make it up.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Anyway, you know, we've been talking a lot about about
getting our listeners to join us in becoming partners in
hope with Saint Jude, because I'm not gonna be happy
till everyone has this shirt, Saves Lives t shirt. Thank
you for being on with us today. Can we talk
about Saint Jude for a few minutes, of course.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Thanks for having us. Happy Monday, everybody.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
And happy belated Mother's Day. Let's talk about that. You're
you're a mom of course, thanks to a really good
friend who actors as had acted as a surrogate because
our friend Jessica actually was a patient at Saint Jude
at one point, and because you went through with your
cancer you needed some help with a great friend to
have a child. Happy belated Mother's Day to.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
You too, Thank you so much. Yeah, talking to a
Saint you family about twenty years now. Had a cute
little plastic leukemia that's the most common form of childhood
teacher when I was nine years old, so I went
through two and a half years a chemo at saytute
and super blessed to be in remission. But like you said,
(02:17):
later in life, it's common to have some side effects
and and for me, you know, it's nothing compared to
a lot of the friends who went through it with me.
So I'm super thankful for all that I have. And
one of those amazing blessings was my best friend from
middle school. Yeah, she called me one day and said,
(02:38):
every time I'm still here, a voice telling me I'm
to your baby. I was not able to do that,
and she said it there any way I could do
that for you. I've already talked to my husband and
I would love to be your circuit. So we have
a two year old, a crazy little toddler.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Wow, well guess what I got. I get news. I
got good news for you, Jessica. I am in line
to be your next shirt.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Fantastic.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
I always wanted to carry a baby, so I've.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Always wanted I always wanted a push gift, if you
know what I'm saying. Hey, so okay, let's talk about
Saint Jude. I know that you know we're asking our
listeners to to uh do do a monthly a monthly contribution.
If you sign up to do a monthly contribution. You
can get this incredible this shirt Saves Lives t shirt
And all you gotta do is text the word Elvis
(03:28):
and you know how to spell it. I'm not going
to spell it for you. Text the word Elvis to
sixty two sixty two sixty two, and Saint Jude at
that point will have a digital conversation with you about
how you want to contribute and what you can do
and how to do it. It's so easy. So you
know I want you to because you do this professionally,
I want you to say the magic words. They're gonna
(03:50):
make the most people sign up via text right now.
So go, You're on Jessica, You're on Massy.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
I don't think people really understand what they're doing when
they're giving that monthly nineteen dollars a month, So that
really becomes transfusions and chemotherapies and antibiotics for these kids
and their families who are fighting cancer. And that means that, say, Jude,
We've got kids from all fifty states and all around
(04:18):
the world, because think Jude is global, and that's only
possible because of our donors, and so these families never
receive the bill, and that's not for treatment, and that's travel, housing, food,
It's all taken care of and the only thing they
have to think about is getting their child well. And
that's because of people like you who raise their hands
(04:39):
and said we will be there for you, w to
help join the things you family and allow you to
just focus on getting your child well.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Very well. Put see that that's why.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
And you know, going back to what Jessica said before
about how like, you know, she went through chemo as
a child and she has some side effects now. She
was telling us when we were there that that's also
what they're doing research on, like so that what she
what caused side effects for her, maybe they can figure
it out and it won't cause side effects for someone
else in the future.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
So I'm going this thing called the Saint Ude Life
Study with thousands of other former patients and they're studying
what happened to us later in life. So they taken
alter the current treatments for patients who are there now,
so hopefully down the line they won't have these side effects.
So it's not just curing cancer, but it's about that
quality of life later down the line.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Wow, you know, there's no way to even make a
master list of all of the millions of millions of
things that Saint Jude does. Uh, it's more than just
curing cancer. I mean, it's also, as Jessica saying, it's
being a partner with everyone they've cured or they and
they've worked with through the rest of their lives, because
it's not just about getting rid of cancer, it's about
living the rest of your life as well. And the families,
(05:56):
like she said, never pay a bill ever. And another thing,
I'm thinking, if I was a kid who had to
go for treatment or a parent of a kid that
had to go for treatment, Saint Jude has done everything
to eliminate that fright concept because if you think about it,
it's cancer. It's a frightening, frightening thing. But when you
(06:19):
visit Saint Jude, you're like, Okay, if I'm if my
child does get cancer, this is the place. It's so fantastic.
They take such good care of not only the kids,
but their parents, the families. There's so many moving parts.
So Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital our friand Jessica Turrey
is here to tell you right now, if you sign
(06:40):
up right now and do a monthly a monthly give you.
Can you can be what twenty bucks? I mean, I
don't even know how much a month? Can I.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
It's not twenty.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
I love Walmart does that too, It's nineteen ninety nine.
In this twenty it's actually nineteen dollars a month. And
you get this shirt Saves Lives t shirt. Do it now?
Just text the word Elvis to sixty two sixty two
sixty two. Jessica. We love having you as a friend,
and I can't wait it's your turn to come to
New York. We can't wait to see you again.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Okay, Oh, I can't wait to be there. Hey, thank
you all so much for all you're doing for Saint
Jude and your listeners too. We are so so thankful
to have you in the same Jude family, and we
appreciate you starting Monday. Thanks much for having me on.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Thank you so much. All right, have a great day,
teller when we said hi, Okay, will have a great
VIEI Jessica Tory lover lover, LOVERR love them all. They're
just the nicest people. They are, really are. How come
you people can't be more like them? They're really nice? Kidding? No,
we actually have I think the Saint Jude family and
our family. It's a great fit right because we really
(07:43):
understand each other. It's incredible again, Text the word Elvis
to sixty two sixty two, sixty two
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
You know what, last week we had the best day.
We flew down to Memphis and went to Saint Jude
Children's Research Hospital. God, that's the second time I've been there.
I went like eleven years ago, and the place is
just amazing. I mean it's overwhelmingly fantastic, right, I mean
I was with Danielle and Nate. You know, one of
(00:27):
my favorite people from Saint Jude. Can we get can
we get Jessica Turrey on the phone? Is she wround? Yeah?
All right, My god, that was fast. That's so funny.
I said, can you get me Jessica Turrey from Saint Jude?
And she's there. That's this is how, this is how
amazing Saint Jude truly is. She's always on hold. She's
(00:48):
always on hold. Can we tell you, first of all,
the first time we met you is when you came
to New York and we had a big meeting with
you and other Saint Jude Saint Juter's I don't know, uh.
And then when we saw you last week, you're the
best host and you're just if you want to know
anything about Saint Jude, Jessica knows it, and if she doesn't,
(01:08):
she's very convincing. She'll make it up.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Anyway, you know, we've been talking a lot about about
getting our listeners to join us in becoming partners in
hope with Saint Jude, because I'm not gonna be happy
till everyone has this shirt, Saves Lives t shirt. Thank
you for being on with us today. Can we talk
about Saint Jude for a few minutes, of course.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Thanks for having us. Happy Monday, everybody.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
And happy belated Mother's Day. Let's talk about that. You're
you're a mom of course, thanks to a really good
friend who actors as had acted as a surrogate because
our friend Jessica actually was a patient at Saint Jude
at one point, and because you went through with your
cancer you needed some help with a great friend to
have a child. Happy belated Mother's Day to.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
You too, Thank you so much. Yeah, talking to a
Saint you family about twenty years now. Had a cute
little plastic leukemia that's the most common form of childhood
teacher when I was nine years old, so I went
through two and a half years a chemo at saytute
and super blessed to be in remission. But like you said,
(02:17):
later in life, it's common to have some side effects
and and for me, you know, it's nothing compared to
a lot of the friends who went through it with me.
So I'm super thankful for all that I have. And
one of those amazing blessings was my best friend from
middle school. Yeah, she called me one day and said,
(02:38):
every time I'm still here, a voice telling me I'm
to your baby. I was not able to do that,
and she said it there any way I could do
that for you. I've already talked to my husband and
I would love to be your circuit. So we have
a two year old, a crazy little toddler.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Wow, well guess what I got. I get news. I
got good news for you, Jessica. I am in line
to be your next shirt.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Fantastic.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
I always wanted to carry a baby, so I've.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Always wanted I always wanted a push gift, if you
know what I'm saying. Hey, so okay, let's talk about
Saint Jude. I know that you know we're asking our
listeners to to uh do do a monthly a monthly contribution.
If you sign up to do a monthly contribution. You
can get this incredible this shirt Saves Lives t shirt
And all you gotta do is text the word Elvis
(03:28):
and you know how to spell it. I'm not going
to spell it for you. Text the word Elvis to
sixty two sixty two sixty two, and Saint Jude at
that point will have a digital conversation with you about
how you want to contribute and what you can do
and how to do it. It's so easy. So you
know I want you to because you do this professionally,
I want you to say the magic words. They're gonna
(03:50):
make the most people sign up via text right now.
So go, You're on Jessica, You're on Massy.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
I don't think people really understand what they're doing when
they're giving that monthly nineteen dollars a month, So that
really becomes transfusions and chemotherapies and antibiotics for these kids
and their families who are fighting cancer. And that means that, say, Jude,
We've got kids from all fifty states and all around
(04:18):
the world, because think Jude is global, and that's only
possible because of our donors, and so these families never
receive the bill, and that's not for treatment, and that's travel, housing, food,
It's all taken care of and the only thing they
have to think about is getting their child well. And
that's because of people like you who raise their hands
(04:39):
and said we will be there for you, w to
help join the things you family and allow you to
just focus on getting your child well.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Very well. Put see that that's why.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
And you know, going back to what Jessica said before
about how like, you know, she went through chemo as
a child and she has some side effects now. She
was telling us when we were there that that's also
what they're doing research on, like so that what she
what caused side effects for her, maybe they can figure
it out and it won't cause side effects for someone
else in the future.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
So I'm going this thing called the Saint Ude Life
Study with thousands of other former patients and they're studying
what happened to us later in life. So they taken
alter the current treatments for patients who are there now,
so hopefully down the line they won't have these side effects.
So it's not just curing cancer, but it's about that
quality of life later down the line.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Wow, you know, there's no way to even make a
master list of all of the millions of millions of
things that Saint Jude does. Uh, it's more than just
curing cancer. I mean, it's also, as Jessica saying, it's
being a partner with everyone they've cured or they and
they've worked with through the rest of their lives, because
it's not just about getting rid of cancer, it's about
living the rest of your life as well. And the families,
(05:56):
like she said, never pay a bill ever. And another thing,
I'm thinking, if I was a kid who had to
go for treatment or a parent of a kid that
had to go for treatment, Saint Jude has done everything
to eliminate that fright concept because if you think about it,
it's cancer. It's a frightening, frightening thing. But when you
(06:19):
visit Saint Jude, you're like, Okay, if I'm if my
child does get cancer, this is the place. It's so fantastic.
They take such good care of not only the kids,
but their parents, the families. There's so many moving parts.
So Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital our friand Jessica Turrey
is here to tell you right now, if you sign
(06:40):
up right now and do a monthly a monthly give you.
Can you can be what twenty bucks? I mean, I
don't even know how much a month? Can I.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
It's not twenty.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
I love Walmart does that too, It's nineteen ninety nine.
In this twenty it's actually nineteen dollars a month. And
you get this shirt Saves Lives t shirt. Do it now?
Just text the word Elvis to sixty two sixty two
sixty two. Jessica. We love having you as a friend,
and I can't wait it's your turn to come to
New York. We can't wait to see you again.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Okay, Oh, I can't wait to be there. Hey, thank
you all so much for all you're doing for Saint
Jude and your listeners too. We are so so thankful
to have you in the same Jude family, and we
appreciate you starting Monday. Thanks much for having me on.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Thank you so much. All right, have a great day,
teller when we said hi, Okay, will have a great
VIEI Jessica Tory lover lover, LOVERR love them all. They're
just the nicest people. They are, really are. How come
you people can't be more like them? They're really nice? Kidding? No,
we actually have I think the Saint Jude family and
our family. It's a great fit right because we really
(07:43):
understand each other. It's incredible again, Text the word Elvis
to sixty two sixty two, sixty two
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