The Beagley's... & our fight with cancer!: Kids Get Cancer Too!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Kids Get Cancer Too!

Check out the Wear Your Pajama's Day below to support World Cancer Day. Looks like fun. I had no idea there was a World Cancer Day. The information below was e-mailed to me from the American Childhood Cancer Organization. Wearing your pajamas for a day or even two, for a good cause, that's my kind of day! :)

"What are you doing on Friday February 3rd and/or Saturday February 4th? How about wearing pajamas to work and/or school?! We'd like to see as many PJammin for Kids with Cancer events on these days as possible. Help us give the childhood cancer community a voice on World Cancer Day! This is a global cancer event, and we want everyone to remember that KIDS GET CANCER TOO!

World Cancer Day is hosted by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), a collaboration of over 300 cancer organizations in 100 countries. As a member of the UICC, the American Childhood Cancer Organization is trying to host simultaneous childhood cancer awareness events at schools across the country.

Why pajamas?

Children with cancer spend months to years on treatment; a considerable amount of this time is spent in pajamas. "PJammin" is based upon participants wearing pajamas, a symbolic way of reflecting on the amount of time that children with cancer must spend in their pajamas. This is a fun event, which requires little effort to organize, and it helps schools become supportive, cancer-aware places in the community. In spite of improved treatments, childhood cancer remains the number one disease killer of America's children. Awareness needs to be raised regarding the impact of this disease on our nation's children, and funds need to be raised to provide treatment information and research that will lead to cures."

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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.