The little Girl u see in the photos above is Charmaine who really badly need your help. Charmaine was diagnosed with 4th stage neuroblastoma on 13th February 2009. She has 10 to 20% chance of living if she seek local treatment. But in turn, if she goes to New york for treatment, the chances of living increases to 40, 50%.I can really understand the pain Charmaine's family are facing. My dad suffered from cancer too.
My dad really had a very bad time. Even being an adult, the pain that these patients have to suffer is so much more tedious that one person's could ever imagine. Being a little girl, cancer is too much for her to bear. My heart aches whenever i heard of someone being diagnosed with this first hand killer because that was how i lost my dad one and half years ago.
Everything was a killer at that point of time. Money was number one issue. In reality, there is no way that treatment will come free. Its normal that we will want the best treatment for our loved ones. But it will of course leads to a huge sum of money and bear in mind that cancer is a long term disease. Treatment can dragged for years. This in turn increased the monetary burden again.
Our family was so called "lucky" as my dad had a sum of money from the insurance company. At least we managed to pay the medical bills. My dad did not suffer too too long. He passed away 6mths later. Till now, whenever i saw his photos, i will still cry. i really missed him alot. I always hope that i can see him in my dreams telling him how much i have missed him but he never even appeared once.
I remembered how he held me down the wedding aisle with his warm pair of hands on my ROM @ the zoo 4 years ago. He was fat and chubby. Smiling and grinning from ear to ear. He could not even buttoned the top button of his long sleeve shirt i bought him.
I remembered how skinny and sick he was @ my wedding day 2 years ago. Traveling around in a wheelchair, thanking relatives and friends. Had no choice but to rest in the hotel room upstairs after half hour or so cos he had no more energy to continue sitting down. That was how weak he was. My heart was definitely bleeding. I broke down during my wedding speech.
I remembered the day we knew about his condition. My mum, my siblings and me hugged each other and cried. No one dared to tell daddy about his condition because that day was his 50th birthday. I almost fainted when the doctor told me that my dad was diagnosed with 4th stage colon cancer. I could not accept the fact even till now. I am not lying.
I never thought my dad will leave me that early.
So i am calling out to all friends, please help Charmaine. Your good heart will help her and her family tremendously. We can help to spread this news to more people or better still by donating some money. Small amount of money from a great number of people can leads to a big sum.
For more information, you can even visit:
http://www.nuffnang.com.sg/forcharmaine/background.php
http://ourfeistyprincess.blogspot.com/
Your good heart will definitely make a difference.
God bless everyone...
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