Tuesday, September 16, 2014

3 Years!


Three years and still going strong!

The survival time for most DIPG patients is only 6-9 months after diagnosis.  There is no rhyme or reason why Morgan has survived 3 years while others do not.  It is hard to describe the guilt you feel hearing about so many other children dying of the same tumor and from other types of cancer when your child is somehow defying the odds.  It goes without saying how grateful and overjoyed we are to have Morgan here with us and we feel that is in large part due to the phenomenal care that she receives at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital!  So in memory of all the children that have been taken from this world way too early and in honor of Morgan and all the other children battling cancer everyday, we have once again signed up our Helping Hands 4 Morgan Team in the St. Jude Give Thanks Walk on Saturday, November 22, 2014!  We would love some new team members this year and, if you are able, would greatly appreciate any type of donation, big or small. 

THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for your continued support, there is no way for us to put into words exactly how much it truly means to us!!!

Thursday, September 4, 2014

1st Day of Kindergarten!

1st day of Kindergarten!  So very thankful and beyond proud!!!

Kindergarten and 3rd grade here we come!! :)


Childhood Cancer Awareness Month



On September 16, 2011 we were given the most devastating news that our little girl had an inoperable brainstem tumor, DIPG, and that she would have at the very most 2 years left with us. Thanks to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital she is going on 3 years!! It is hard to put into words why we love St. Jude so much and how grateful we are to have them take the most phenomenal care of Morgan!

To help give back to this extraordinary Hospital, our Helping Hands 4 Morgan team has once again signed up for the St. Jude Give Thanks Walk! We have been the #1 fundraising team on Long Island the last 2 years and hope to keep our title again for 2014 (we have some competition this year!). If you can, please help us raise awareness for Childhood Cancer and either join our team or help us fundraise for St. Jude so they can continue their mission of helping Morgan and all children fight cancer!!  Thanks for your continued support!