The Beagley's... & our fight with cancer!: A Message from ACCO

Friday, September 30, 2011

A Message from ACCO

I received a message from the American Childhood Cancer Organization and posted a section of it below. I wanted to share this section with you because the part I bolded made me cry and cry.

"It will be National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month for a few more hours. As we reflect on the activity of the last thirty days, we must admit that we don't feel the momentum slowing at all. Sure, Awareness Month is almost over, but life for those who are dealing with the effects of childhood cancer will not change drastically from September 30th to October 1st. We know that families don't stop dealing with this disease once September is over, so our efforts shouldn't stop either.."
This was written by the ACCO Program Director, Amber Masso.

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Neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is cancer of the sympathetic nervous system--a network of nerves that carries messages from the brain to all parts of the body. Primary neuroblastoma is a solid, malignant tumor that usually first appears as a mass in the abdomen (most often in the adrenal gland) or near the spine.

About 650 children are diagnosed with neuroblastoma each year in the United States. Two-thirds of children diagnosed with neuroblastom are 5 years old or younger.

(Educating The Child With Cancer: A Guide for Parents and Teachers, Second Edition, 2011, Edited by Ruth I Hoffman, MPH, page 5)

The Native American Legend of the Butterfly

As a gift to His human children, the Great Spirit created butterflies. He took black from the maiden's hair, yellow from the warm sun, and blues from the lake and sky. Once he gathered the most beautiful of colors, He made them into butterflies.

If you want a special wish to come true, whispher your heart's desire to a butterfly. Since butterflies make no sound, they cannot tell the wish to anyone but Him. Being so colorful, the butterflies will easily be seen as they fly to heaven. The wish will be taken by the wings of love to heaven to be granted.