The more, the merrier!
Melody is now 15 years old. She is still being followed at the IWK Children's Hospital in Nova Scotia. Melody has been very strong through all this and we are very proud of her. Below is the original write up for Melody's story and the concept for this blog.
Melody is just 6 years old and has recently been diagnosed with Juvenile Dermatomyositis; a rare disease that only 1 to 3 children per million a year are diagnosed with. She is currently undergoing a great deal of testing at a children's hospital to determine the extent of the disease and how it will be treated. This disease comes with plenty of pain and limits Melody's ability to do a lot of the things children her age enjoy.
Seeing that this disease cannot be cured, only treated, Melody has a long road ahead of her. Her family would give anything to make this road a little brighter for their special girl. This is where you come in! We all know how exciting it is to get a handwritten letter or card in the mailbox, so we thought it would be fun for Melody to look forward to getting some mail of her own. She has a map of the world on her wall and puts a little sticker on every place she receives a letter from.
If you'd like to send along some sunshine, please send it to the following address:
Mail for Melody
57 Chaleur Drive
Belledune, NB
E8G 1Z3
Canada
Thank you so much for taking the time to participate. Your thoughtfulness is deeply appreciated! We will continue to update this blog with Melody's progress, so feel free to come back anytime.
All comments and e-mails will be reviewed by both my husband and myself before it can be posted or shown to Melody. We need to keep Melody's best interest in mind when it comes to these things. Thank you all so much for all the love you have been sending our daughter. Please keep sending posts and letters cause we love hearing from you. Melody really enjoys it when we read them to her and we love seeing her smile! xoxo
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2 comments:
I am so sorry to hear about the bad apple out there. It is a horrible thing that people are like that. Truly I wish that we could find these people and send them all to one place and make them see how bad they really are to others.
Dearest Melody,
We have been praying for you that you can enjoy just being a little girl with fun things to do. My daughter Melody says "HI Melody!" and so does my younger daughter Kylie. God Bless YOU!
Love from your friends in the states!
HI Melody,
I have a little girl named Melody too!! What a beautiful name it is too. Does everyone ask you if you like to sing or if you like music? People are always asking my Melody that question and she thinks they are silly!
You are a very very brave little girl I can see why your parents are so proud of you.
I hope this is one more letter that will make you smile!!
:-) :-) :-)
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