Warning: This is not going to be my all time favorite post.
OK....so y'all know about Graden....my first 'bonus child'........he died in 2005 from a rare form of brain cancer. Too tragic and sad for words. Since then, there have been numerous other children IN MT. JULIET to be diagnosed with some type of cancer. Right now, I have 4 reminder bands, plus Graden's, that I will be wearing in the Marathon. If these sweet, innocent children can go through what they go through, then I can finish the 1/2 Marathon. Easy. But....this post isn't about me and the marathon. It's about OUR children in OUR community that keep getting the dreaded, evil diagnosis. Are the statistics the same in other communities? I certainly hope not. What do we do to get answers? Who do we call? What tests need to be done? WHO'S FAMILY IS NEXT??? How many children went through this before Graden, that we didn't hear about? How many others are fighting for their lives NOW, that we don't know about? To take the questions to yet another level....how many ADULTS in MT. JULIET are fighting or have fought the fight of their lives? I'm afraid that number is alarming too. I read CarePages and CaringBridge everyday. I know that there are lots and lots of children...and adults... that get cancer. But why so many here? I think these children deserve some answers....I just wish I knew where to find them....CANCER SUCKS.
2 comments:
Your post made you unhappy, but I will say its a good post. We need to know why cancer is happening to the children. Seem it is everywhere. I had it, and dont know how or why I got it. Doctor said it could be second hand smoke from my parents. I don't know, but I'am sure glad many states have no smoking in public places, but it needs to stop all together. I know many people smoke and its very hard to quit, but they need to for their sake and the sake of others. I will get off my soap box now, but its a great post Tammi. Keep up the great work.
Tammi, I have been wondering the same thing for years. When Timothy had cancer (at the age of 31) we knew of over 10 people within a 5 mile radius of us that all had cancer at the same time. Unfortunately over half of them ended up not surviving. When we were little I can think of one or two people that we knew that had cancer, now, it's everywhere. I wish that we had the answers!
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