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For Kelly

Kelly

This is my cousin Kelly. She was 5 years old here, and she died just three weeks before her 8th birthday. This month marks 30 years since her passing from leukemia, and that means had she survived her disease, she would have been almost 38 years old.

Nowadays, many kids survive cancer. According to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,  just 4 percent of children survived acute lymphoblastic leukemia (cancer of the blood) in 1962. Today, about 94 percent conquer the disease. That’s a pretty impressive improvement — I just wish Kelly, who was diagnosed at 14 months, could have benefited from the better statistic. But she didn’t, because she fought cancer in the 1970s. And that’s just plain crappy.

So, I write this post to honor Kelly who, sadly, didn’t get a fair shot at life. Those almost-eight years sure were cherished, though. Says her brave and strong mom of the time they spent together: “I am so grateful to have had those years with her. She will live in my heart forever.”

I honor you, too, Sandy, and all the moms and dads who have loved and lost (you know who you are). I’m not sure how you go on after such tragedies, but I admire you completely for so gracefully doing it.

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Tags: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Kelly, luekemia, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 12:00 am and is filed under Awareness, Family. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “For Kelly”

1. ANA LUQUE says:

   11/21/2009 at 12:41 am

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2. Sandy Sucky says:

   11/21/2009 at 4:13 am

   Jacki,

   I can’t begin to tell you how deeply touched I am by your wonderful post in Honor of Kelly. Thank you from the bottom of my heart

   Sandy
3. Sue says:

   11/21/2009 at 1:53 pm

   Jacki,

   What a nice tribute to Kelly. She was a very special little girl who always had a smile on her face despite her illness and all the testing and treatment she endured.

   Sue
4. Jane Donaldson says:

   11/23/2009 at 11:48 am

   Jacki,
   You know this touched my heart. Having lost my own little , Kristen, you always wonder the, ” what ifs “. Thank, God, we lose fewer children today. I pray one day it will be far less.

   Love, Jane
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   12/30/2009 at 2:37 pm

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