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.
Melody is really enjoying all the new friends she has made at her new school. Her teachers say she is fitting in perfectly. Unfortunately Melody has now been out of school a week and she is missing it terribly. She started out with a normal cold but now it's gotten worst and not showing any signs yet of getting better. We've been to emergency and no signs of infection so that is good news. I guess this is one of those times where we just have to wait it out and see how things go. I hope she can go back to school soon. Her class made her a get well card and her teacher delivered it. It made her so happy. Thank you to her classmates for being so thoughtful. It made her day much better.
Melody also received another wonderful surprise this week. She had a dozen pink roses with a snuggly Teddy bear delivered. She was so surprised when the delivery came to the door asking for Melody Morais. I don't think her smile could have got any bigger than it was that moment.
A big thank you to Jon Osborne for such a thoughtful gift. You really brightened up Melody's day. She is loving her big bouquet of roses. She is anxious to go back to school to tell her friends. I will post again soon with updates on how she is feeling.
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