Cancer patient receives surprise kitchen upgrade

BAKERSFIELD, CA- A local woman battling stage four lung cancer returns home to find someone was in her house. But what they did to her home, brought a smile to her face.

Carmen Munoz had no idea what her son and his friends were up to. When she walked into her home Saturday afternoon she was greeted with cheers and shouts of surprise! Emotions poured out of Munoz as she saw her new kitchen for the first time.

Her home makeover was the first by a new charity organization called "Kitchens 4 Cancer." Its a combined effort from the Comprehensive Blood and Cancer Center, local contractors and Woodmasters to help cancer patients.

Munoz has lived in her home for 30 years and has always wanted a new kitchen. Her son, Raymond Saldana, is a contractor told her a little white lie this year saying that he did not have the time.

While she was away visiting family he contacted Kitchens 4 Cancer. Just last week the restoration effort began and Saldana thought some personal healing would take place as well.

"Whenever you do a remodel to your personal stuff it does some healing on the inside, Saldana said. I think there is going to be some healing going on in the inside"

He was right as 30 volunteers came out to make the remodel work happen in less than a week.

"We have all felt good everyone wants to help, Saldana said. The response for the community and all the people that wanted to participate, it is phenomenal."

Dr. Ravi Patel says the healing process is a journey not just for the cancer patient but for friends and family.

"The whole journey of cancer is a difficult one but there are many magic moments in it, Patel said. There are moments of happiness there are moments of crying but the thing about cancer is that it brings the whole family together."

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Cancer patient receives surprise kitchen upgrade