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.
Well we are back from yet another IWK trip. Melody did great for her tests. She is very smart to do all that and not complain. We are very proud of her. On this trip Melody also brought some treats and little gifts for Buddy and also some for him to give out to the kids who won't be able to go trick or treating this year.
She really enjoys her time with him. He makes everything so much easier for Melody. He is definitely a blessing to the hospital and us. Melody had a few tests this visit but no results yet. We are once again playing that dreaded waiting game. Hoping we won't be waiting more than a couple of days. The one I am most anxious for is her bone density. It would be so nice to tell her she can go skating for her birthday. She would be so happy!!! Keeping our fingers crossed.
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