My first blog.... and this will turn out to be a sad one.... I learned recently that a daughter of a dear friend has a very rare disease called neuroblastoma.. as I understand it, it is a form of cancer that affects mostly children and that it is congenital (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroblastoma)... it is not too clear to me what it really is, but as what was described to me, it affects the abdomen wherein the tumor can grow as big as the abdomen itself... The patient has to undergo chemotherapy in order to minimize the tumor and hopefully, recover from it... But as the doctors say, if this has happened when the girl was only 2 years old, she has a greater chance to recover, but now that she is already 9 years old, she's considered high risk and might not be able to recover....
Our friend learned about their daughter's sickness as recent as about two months ago... try as they may, it is quite hard to accept the fact that their daughter has only 6 months to a year to live.
Now, she has to go to the hospital for her chemo treatments and experience loosing her hair because of it.... As a parent, I feel for them... and after hearing about the sweet girl's sickness, I couldn't sleep very well... it was very hard for me to even think about it, let alone imagine my life without my children... I love my children very much and if I were in their shoes, it would be very difficult for me also to accept it... I wouldn't even wish this on my worst enemy.... Imagine, a very innocent child who is just starting to enjoy her life, her friends and all of the things around her....
I pray that God gives her a second chance to live... and I pray that God gives her parents the strength they need to survive their ordeal...
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