Heartwarming Community: Mahomet Hair Salon Unites to Support Colleague in Crisis

MAHOMET, Ill. (WCIA) — For over two years, Karley Bridgwater has been working as a hairstylist at Salon 105. During this time, she faced a life-changing diagnosis.

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After checking her medical test results, Bridgwater discovered she had a tumor in her left breast.

“I walked into the breakroom, and my colleagues could immediately sense something was wrong by my demeanor. I just collapsed into their arms, utterly devastated,” Bridgwater recounted.

“The owner, Kelsie Briggs – she’s an amazing human, and she kept her hand on me the whole time,” Bridgwater said.

“She’s easy to love cause when you get to know her, she just has a pretty infectious personality,” Briggs said.

The first time Bridgwater was diagnosed, the salon knew they had to help. And they haven’t stopped since.

“Even if people just toss in a couple of bucks, it just really adds up,” Briggs said.

She said Bridgwater was forced to take time off to heal after chemo treatments. They’ve also started a GoFundMe for her.

“We have no plans of taking it down until we are on the other side of this,” Briggs said.

Bridgwater said her coworkers stepped up in a big way the first time.

“While I was recovering from my double mastectomy, there were multiple girls from the salon that came and stayed at my house and took care of my kids for me and took me to doctors’ appointments,” she said.

And she’s sure they will do it again.

“I’m just so blessed to be around such an amazing group of people,” Bridgwater said. “It’s hard to become friends with who you work with, you’re with them all the time. But this is more like family.”

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