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.







How many letters has Melody received so far?


2/3/10

A Quick Review...

Since the last time we blogged on here we have made a few more trips to the IWK. Some were planned and others were not. We did have a scare with her liver but happy to report things are looking much better. We have another trip coming up in February concerning Melody's cough which she has had for a few months now. They have a few ideas but nothing certain yet. More tests will be done on this visit to get our answers. Not looking forward to all the hospital time but I'm sure Buddy will be there to help it pass by!
During our visit at the IWK before Christmas Melody made some bracelets for Buddy the Clown to give to some patients along with a box of candy canes. She made these bracelets from a bead set she had received as an early Christmas gift the night before from her aunt. She was sad for the children who had to be in the hospital at Christmas time and wanted to help them. We were so proud of her thoughtfulness. Some wonderful ladies in our neighborhood heard about this and has donated a whole lot of handmade teddy bears for Melody to take to the IWK on our next trip for the children. She is so excited! It makes her so happy to help the kids there. She's our little angel! Melody, Mommy & Daddy are very proud of you for caring so much for others.

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