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.
Monday morning we headed over to the C100FM studio. It was an early morning for us but Melody was up and ready faster than she's ever been. She was so excited to be meeting The Wiggles! She was so amazed when they walked into the room. It was a very special treat for her to get to meet them. We watched them do a radio interview, sing a song and then we had our picture taken with them. Melody gave them some pictures she worked very hard on and they autographed her DVD. She was in such a good mood that when we went over to the IWK afterwards she didn't get as upset as she normally does for her tests. She made sure to tell all the nurses and doctors about her great morning with The Wiggles! She wanted to go see their concert with her little brother Spencer but unfortunately with expensive trips to the IWK that would be hard for us to do. However meeting them is something she will be talking about for a very long time. Thank you very much to C100FM and The Wiggles for making Melody's day so special. It meant so much to her.
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