GARDNER, KS (KCTV) -
An area business steps in again after a cancer patient's air-conditioning unit fails a second time.
Ashley Bilbrey came home from a cancer hospital in Houston last month to discover her air conditioning had failed. LBA Heating and Cooling made the expensive repairs then at no cost to Bilbrey.
Except the unit stopped working a second time over the weekend, sending temperatures inside Bilbrey's home soaring to 90 degrees. Neither Ashley nor her husband, Sean, knew what to do.
"Who is gonna come out on at 9:00 on a Sunday night?" Bilbrey said.
A repairman for LBA did. Sean Bilbrey held a flashlight as the repairman got in enough freon to get through the night.
The company came back later with a new outdoor unit donated by Lennox. LBA installed the unit at no charge.
The couple is overwhelmed by the generosity. Ashley Bilbrey underwent surgery two days later. She says it was a relief to come home to a cool, comfortable home.
Bilbrey, 31, is battling Stage 4 breast cancer.
She says she has told the company that she thinks she can repay them with money but, "One way or another, we'll pay it forward some way, some how."
The owners of LBA tell KCTV5 that they thought nothing of helping the Bilbrey's out in this sweltering heat.
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