This is my third post in honour of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The month is over but the need for a cure remains. I watched a burial service on Facebook last month for a young person that we know through our journey. Anthony’s tumour, like Cailyn’s, was also diagnosed as a slower-growing tumour (glioma) in […]
In Honour of both my daughter and Childhood Cancer Awareness Month… Today is my daughter’s birthday… 16 years ago, she was delivered a little over three weeks early by C-section. I had placenta previa and it was unsafe for both of us for me to go into labour. As it turned out, the six weeks […]
September is the month dedicated to Childhood Cancer Awareness. If you want the quantifiable statistics associated with childhood cancer, you can find stats on many different websites pertaining to incidence and mortality. I shared some of them in my post last year Childhood Cancer Awareness. In Canada, it is the second leading cause of death […]
September is a special month in our lives. It is the month in which Cailyn was born and it is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month! Some general statistics about Childhood Cancer (from childcan.com and coasttocoastagainstcancer.org): 1. In Canada, 1700 children and youth between the ages of birth and 19 years of age are diagnosed with cancer each year; 2. […]