PB
12-21-2004, 09:56 PM
every day 46 Children are diagnosed with cancer.....
one in 330 children will get cancer by age 20 and even though the percentage is going down... still 35% of them will die.
I have followed a few stories of children with childhood cancer.. some stories are sweeter than others and definetly some have a happier ending. One of the little girls that I have followed died on sunday evening and I wish that there was something I could do for them.
You can read more about Hayley here (http://www2.caringbridge.org/ga/hayley/)
She was diagnosed the day after my daughter was born...
how unfair.. I have read several sites from the parents of these children.. so many speaking of God's will.. I am amazed at their strength. I can't explain how thankful I am that I am not in their shoes, but would not know if I could stand so tall if I were faced with the horrible sickness their children are going through.
I find myself asking why this beautiful little girl... why Ali (http://www.scotthousehold.com/) and why all the other beautiful and innocent children that die from it every year.... my heart breaks for their families.
It's been a while since I've written anything serious or heartfelt on THT... my days of person sorrow have luckily come to and end and the only real sad aspect of my life is a memory of my friend that so many of you are already aware of... it almost feels strange to post this here.. a site with so many different things to it... but I am truely saddened for this family and the many others and wish there was something I could do.
I feel selfish to say I wouldn't really plan a cancer walk for children since I'm busy taking care of my own... I don't know where to even start on something of that nature.... maybe I should look into it... maybe I could then atleast be contributing something to this innocent lifes that are lost to such a terrible disease... I think it's one thing when my grand mother's died of cancer.. atleast they had both lived 60+ years..... not a helpless child under the age of 3 that has barely began to experience life, and most of what they remember probably has to do with chemo and radiation and surgery and blood counts ... their best friends being nurses instead of toddlers... having to call their illness AML or ALL because they aren't old enough to even pronouce the illness that attacks their frail and tiny bodies..
:cry:
I pray for their familes and their souls...
Valerie
one in 330 children will get cancer by age 20 and even though the percentage is going down... still 35% of them will die.
I have followed a few stories of children with childhood cancer.. some stories are sweeter than others and definetly some have a happier ending. One of the little girls that I have followed died on sunday evening and I wish that there was something I could do for them.
You can read more about Hayley here (http://www2.caringbridge.org/ga/hayley/)
She was diagnosed the day after my daughter was born...
how unfair.. I have read several sites from the parents of these children.. so many speaking of God's will.. I am amazed at their strength. I can't explain how thankful I am that I am not in their shoes, but would not know if I could stand so tall if I were faced with the horrible sickness their children are going through.
I find myself asking why this beautiful little girl... why Ali (http://www.scotthousehold.com/) and why all the other beautiful and innocent children that die from it every year.... my heart breaks for their families.
It's been a while since I've written anything serious or heartfelt on THT... my days of person sorrow have luckily come to and end and the only real sad aspect of my life is a memory of my friend that so many of you are already aware of... it almost feels strange to post this here.. a site with so many different things to it... but I am truely saddened for this family and the many others and wish there was something I could do.
I feel selfish to say I wouldn't really plan a cancer walk for children since I'm busy taking care of my own... I don't know where to even start on something of that nature.... maybe I should look into it... maybe I could then atleast be contributing something to this innocent lifes that are lost to such a terrible disease... I think it's one thing when my grand mother's died of cancer.. atleast they had both lived 60+ years..... not a helpless child under the age of 3 that has barely began to experience life, and most of what they remember probably has to do with chemo and radiation and surgery and blood counts ... their best friends being nurses instead of toddlers... having to call their illness AML or ALL because they aren't old enough to even pronouce the illness that attacks their frail and tiny bodies..
:cry:
I pray for their familes and their souls...
Valerie