Jack was born 12th June 2000, a healthy 7lb 4oz baby.  He was our only child, was loved and spoilt very much.  Jack grew and achieved targets as was expected; very rarely ill apart from getting Chicken pox when he was 4.

In October 2005 when Jack was 5yrs old, he came home from ...

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“Niamh had just turned 3 when she passed away on 29th September 2011, the day of the Archangels.

Niamh was a beautiful, caring, smiley and thoughtful child. Throughout her harsh battle with cancer, she showed admirable strength and resilience, she was an inspiration to us all and she will always continue to be one. ...

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Oliver was just the best son you could possibly wish for – bright, sporty, kind and so witty. We loved, love him with all out heart. In April 2007 Oliver had started saying his legs hurt at night in particular and because he was very tall for his age and had always suffered ...

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Megan was a lively 4 year old when she was diagnosed with a Grade 2 Diffuse Fibrillary Atsrocytoma, a brain tumour, on April 2nd 2008. The only symptom she had was a very slight shake of her right hand, only noticeable when she was concentrating on drawing or writing. Only a week after ...

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Owen was born healthy and was thriving as he grew over his first few weeks. I had no concerns at all. At one of our weekly visits for weighing, the health visitor asked if I’d like Owen referred to the hospital for an eye examination.

You see, I have a squint. Owen was only ...

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We had noticed some bruising on Alex’s legs so we took him to our GP on the 4th May 2010. The GP thought that Alex perhaps had anaemia. He recommended that we visit the Accident and Emergency unit at our local hospital if the symptoms didn’t improve.

That evening, we gave Alex his usual ...

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Genesis is 5 years old and has started the greatest battle of his life. On July 1, 2011 he was diagnosed with Stage IV Embryonal Parameningeal Rhabdomyosarcoma with METS to the lungs.

Background Story

June 30th, 2011 forever changed our life….The Dr came in and sat down and told me they ...

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It all started when we took the kids for routine eye exams the end of August 2007. Chris, Christina and myself all wear glasses and Kyle was saying he hoped he needed glasses too because the rest of our family had them. Kyle kept giving the Optometrist off the wall responses and we thought ...

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Laura was born in Zimbabwe in 1980.  A healthy lively baby.  We emigrated to south Africa when she was 9 months old.

She has always been and still is a lifewire and normally up to some mischief. She loved sport and was an excellent athlete. During the end of 1991 she went ...

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This is Deryn a year ago! He was 10 when he was diagnosed with ALL on July 30th 2010.  It hit us like a ton of bricks because Deryn wasn’t even that ill, his only symptom was a loss of appetite!

When the Dr’s told us that we ...

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