Last Year I raised nearly $1500 – an amazing sum for which I am so grateful to my friends, family, and co-workers. I have decided to participate again this year even though my inspiration, Sweet Sally Sunshine, completed treatment last August. Her battle is not over, however. She now has to deal with the side-effects of the treatment, most of which is geared towards adults, which took a terrible toll on her body. Being fed through a tube most of her life, she really has no concept of the relationship between food and hunger… and her chewing muscles are barely functional. As a 3-year old, she’s just now barely able to run. You can read all about these and other challenges for her and her family on her parent’s latest blog entry:
http://www.sweetsallysunshine.com/2016/01/post-treatment-challenges/
Obviously more research is needed to develop treatments geared to pediatric cancer. And so I ask once again for any donation you might be able to make. My page is here:
https://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/mypage/823612/2016
Here's how it looked last year:
My event will be at Mickey Finn's in Victor, NY on April 17th. Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
J