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 raised $384 for the Children's Wish Foundation Parade that happened on Sunday Oct. 16th. In total $1985 was raised through pledges and donation cans that were filled along the parade route. Unfortunately it did rain but that didn't stop people from being generous and giving to this worthy cause. Melody had fun on the float throwing M&M's to anyone she seen on the sidewalks. She made sure to bring Roary along for the ride. It was a great day spent with great people and it was all made possible by Tracy O'Toole. She organized the event along with other events in the past and plans for more in the near future. Melody's family would like to say Thank you to Tracy for all her hard work and all the wonderful volunteers who helped her. Melody would also like to thank all who pledged her and all those who gave a donation the day of the parade. Every penny counts!!!
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1 comment:
thanks Tracy, we had a blast..weather was a bit wet, but that umbrella we borrowed kept us dry..thanks again..melody , grammy was so glad she could enjoy the parade with you and spencer.love you baby girl...
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