The following note is was written by my friend Susan who is an amazing mother & woman. She took a terrible situation is now trying to make it just a little easier on families like hers who have been affected by cancer. Kayla was in treatment for 2.5 years and has been off treatment for 22 months. Please take a moment to read Susan's note & help her if you can. Jess
September is right around the corner. Many parents and their children are getting ready to start a new school year. Unfortunately, some will never get that chance because of childhood cancer. My daughter was diagnosed with High Risk ALL (Leukemia) on June 8th, 2007 at the tender age of 4. Since that time, I have focused on raising money for ALSF (www.alexslemonade.org). I have recently been focusing more on ALSF due to the simple fact that the funds received are 100% used to find a cure for childhood cancer, be it grants for nurses/doctors to conduct research, funds to help patients travel to world class hospitals, special events to take their minds off of treatment, The Hero Holiday Party and much more. That being said, I encourage all of my friends, FB friends and family to host a lemonade stand during the month of September, which is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. As a stand ambassador for ALSF, I will help you make your stand a success. I have stand packets filled with everything you need to host a stand, anytime, anywhere. Please consider taking a few hours out of any day you choose in September (or any month/day) convenient for you and your friends, family, co-workers, etc. Thank you in advance for helping make a difference in the life of a sick child. It could happen to anyone's child, it happened to mine. Contact Susan at premiergirl2011 (at)gmail (dot)com or leave a comment below!
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Losing her hair starts and the NG tube was placed. My poor baby. 2007
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Cancer took aware her hair, but never her smile :) 2007
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The original note & pictures were posted on Facebook and this was posted by me with permission from Susan.
