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How terribly sad. I've dealt with this in my own family. Two years ago when my daughter was three she got this terrible disease (tumor under her eyelid). Thankfully through 42 rounds of chemo and an operation she is clean and you wouldn't know she went through all that. A year ago she was completely bald and today she looks like every other little kid. Even though we were given great odds that she was going to beat it, I struggled with all the sad things we saw at the hospital. I only ever cried for other families, not ours. My daughter became involved with Camp Sunshine... they have parties, music classes and a full camp for kids dealing with and recovering from cancer. We just don't have the heart to tell her about a couple of little friends she made who passed on. Even though my own daughter had cancer I still can't even imagine the sadness and pain those parents go through when losing a child. It's incredibly unfair. edited to add: One sad fact about children's cancer is that only 1% of all donations to American Cancer Society goes towards pediatric cancer.

Man, what a story. Thanks for sharing. I will keep you and your family in my prayers as well. I have a 2 year old little girl and cannot imagine how hard that must be. It is my worst fear.

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Posted by DaBama

Helena, AL

Member since Oct 2011

1636 posts

Posted on 9/13/12 at 8:47 am to rolltide06

At the risk of sounding like a sap, seeing the way people come together over real life matters like this does me good. There's so much bickering and fighting on message boards that sometimes it's easy to think that there is genuine hatred among people just because of the colors they wear on Saturdays.

Seeing people rise above the pettiness is.......well it's just beautiful man.