Gerri Neylon, right, a nurse at Advocate Christ Medical Center who started a nonprofit called Christmas Without Cancer, delivers gifts to Beth Grady at her home in Chicago, IL, on Sunday, December 16, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Beth Grady hugs volunteers from a nonprofit group called Christmas Without Cancer as they deliver gifts to her at her home in Chicago, IL, on Sunday, December 16, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Beth Grady greets volunteers from a nonprofit group called Christmas Without Cancer as they deliver gifts to her at her home in Chicago, IL, on Sunday, December 16, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Beth Grady shows gifts to her daughter Becky as volunteers from a nonprofit group called Christmas Without Cancer deliver gifts to her at her home in Chicago, IL, on Sunday December 16, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Beth Grady, left, chats with Gerri Neylon, center, as she and other volunteers from a nonprofit group called Christmas Without Cancer deliver gifts to the Grady home in Chicago, IL, on Sunday, December 16, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Beth Grady, left, hugs Gerri Neylon, center, as she and other volunteers from a nonprofit group called Christmas Without Cancer deliver gifts to the Grady home in Chicago, IL, on Sunday, December 16, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

An ornament from the nonprofit group called Christmas Without Cancer was a gift to the Grady home in Chicago, IL, on Sunday December 16, 2012. Beth Grady was diagnosed with a brain tumor in February. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Beth Grady, third from right, with volunteers from a nonprofit group called Christmas Without Cancer after they delivered gifts to the Grady home in Chicago, IL, on Sunday, December 16, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media