Kisses For Abbigail Fights Cancer & OMS
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ABBIGAIL NEEDS YOUR HELP:
For the last two years, Abbigail has been undergoing intense chemotherapy treatments, daily steroids, countless hospital stays, trips to the USA to see one of the only world specialists and receiving numerous therapies in home to help her battle the OMS and the brain damage already caused. You can only begin to imagine the emotional and financial hardship this diagnosis has brought to the Moreau family. Matthew recently went on leave of absence from both of his jobs to help care for their two boys while Krystal is frequently at cheo. Krystal hasn't been able to work since Abbigail's diagnosis. The reality has long set in that the ongoing costs for Abbigail's rare OMS treatments, therapies and life-long hospital visits will be astronomical.
When you make an online donation you will give Abbigail's parents more time to love, hold, and care for their daughter and two boys - with less financial stress and suffering.
Abbigail and her family need your support and prayers along with any monetary donations you can give at this time. With their strength and our our support and prayers, they will win this battle and continue to be an inspiration of faith, courage and hope for all of us.
HER STORY:
This precious little baby girl was barely two years old, in February 2012, when she was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer. She has since begun to battle again as her cancer has spread to her liver. If that isn't enough, she was also diagnosed with Neuroblastoma associated Opsoclonus Myoclonus (Ataxia) Syndrome (OMS), which affects only 1 in 10 million people a year worldwide and this disease has no cure. Abbigail May Ann, a vibrant and active little 22 month old, who was previously perfectly healthy, hitting all her developmental milestones, went from running with her four year old brother to barely crawling or sitting up at best, within just a few short days.
February 23rd 2012 is a day her parents will never forget. On that day, little Abbigail was diagnosed with cancer. This childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma, which for her, consisted of a solid tumor on her left adrenal gland. Abbigail was subsequently diagnosed with Neuroblastoma associated Opsoclonus Myoclonus (Ataxia) Syndrome (OMS), which affects only 1 in 10 million people a year worldwide and has no cure. This sweet and once innocent little girl not only lives through the harsh realities childhood cancer treatments and their life altering side effects, but she faces weekly visits to the hospital, monthly procedures and countless immunosuppressive drugs, injections and IV chemotherapies to keep her OMS under control. OMS is rare, complicated and lifelong. To explain, her brain is an innocent bystander caught in the "cross-fire" between the body's immune system and the tumor as antibodies meant to attack tumors, suddenly turn and assault her brain, causing irreversible brain damage.
Abbigail began a journey which has seen her grow up way too fast. Her days quickly filled with appointments and procedures, not playgroups or preschool. Words she won't understand for years, words we as her parents still can't pronounce, have become a large part of our daily vocabulary; immunosuppressive therapies, chemotherapy and corticosteroids are all a part of her daily life now.
Her tumour was successfully removed in March 2012; however, her world was quickly consumed by weekly trips to CHEO for treatments, procedures and oncology visits to keep her OMS under control. Treatment options were failing this innocent toddler, and after 12 long months of fighting, a doctor in the USA who is widely known as the only OMS specialist in the entire world examined her. His rare research and tests on her would help tailor a plan to slow her disease's progression, in hopes of bringing the joy back into her life again. Sadly though, upon her return from the USA in June 2012, her doctors here at CHEO found another tumour growing in her liver. Her cancer had metastasized and her OMS is only getting worse.
Abbigail, is a fighter, she is strong and she pushes through. She kept going despite the fact that she couldn't walk, sit up or talk. She got on those ride on cars and toured the hallways from morning until night with the most infectious smile, no nurse could ignore. You would never have known at the time that she was a patient if it weren't for her IV pole following her down the halls of the oncology floor.
This sweet girl's parents won't stop until their innocent girl is no longer suffering. Please open your hearts to their journey and help us make things a little easier. These parents have both took leaves from their jobs and have two other children to consider.
Kids can't fight cancer alone!
For more detailed information on Abbigail's brave journey, her diagnoses, treatments and regular updates on how she is doing, please visit her mama's blog {www.KissesForAbbigail.com}
ABBIGAIL NEEDS YOUR HELP:
For the last two years, Abbigail has been undergoing intense chemotherapy treatments, daily steroids, countless hospital stays, trips to the USA to see one of the only world specialists and receiving numerous therapies in home to help her battle the OMS and the brain damage already caused. You can only begin to imagine the emotional and financial hardship this diagnosis has brought to the Moreau family. Matthew recently went on leave of absence from both of his jobs to help care for their two boys while Krystal is frequently at cheo. Krystal hasn't been able to work since Abbigail's diagnosis. The reality has long set in that the ongoing costs for Abbigail's rare OMS treatments, therapies and life-long hospital visits will be astronomical.
When you make an online donation you will give Abbigail's parents more time to love, hold, and care for their daughter and two boys - with less financial stress and suffering.
Abbigail and her family need your support and prayers along with any monetary donations you can give at this time. With their strength and our our support and prayers, they will win this battle and continue to be an inspiration of faith, courage and hope for all of us.
HER STORY:
This precious little baby girl was barely two years old, in February 2012, when she was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer. She has since begun to battle again as her cancer has spread to her liver. If that isn't enough, she was also diagnosed with Neuroblastoma associated Opsoclonus Myoclonus (Ataxia) Syndrome (OMS), which affects only 1 in 10 million people a year worldwide and this disease has no cure. Abbigail May Ann, a vibrant and active little 22 month old, who was previously perfectly healthy, hitting all her developmental milestones, went from running with her four year old brother to barely crawling or sitting up at best, within just a few short days.
February 23rd 2012 is a day her parents will never forget. On that day, little Abbigail was diagnosed with cancer. This childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma, which for her, consisted of a solid tumor on her left adrenal gland. Abbigail was subsequently diagnosed with Neuroblastoma associated Opsoclonus Myoclonus (Ataxia) Syndrome (OMS), which affects only 1 in 10 million people a year worldwide and has no cure. This sweet and once innocent little girl not only lives through the harsh realities childhood cancer treatments and their life altering side effects, but she faces weekly visits to the hospital, monthly procedures and countless immunosuppressive drugs, injections and IV chemotherapies to keep her OMS under control. OMS is rare, complicated and lifelong. To explain, her brain is an innocent bystander caught in the "cross-fire" between the body's immune system and the tumor as antibodies meant to attack tumors, suddenly turn and assault her brain, causing irreversible brain damage.
Abbigail began a journey which has seen her grow up way too fast. Her days quickly filled with appointments and procedures, not playgroups or preschool. Words she won't understand for years, words we as her parents still can't pronounce, have become a large part of our daily vocabulary; immunosuppressive therapies, chemotherapy and corticosteroids are all a part of her daily life now.
Her tumour was successfully removed in March 2012; however, her world was quickly consumed by weekly trips to CHEO for treatments, procedures and oncology visits to keep her OMS under control. Treatment options were failing this innocent toddler, and after 12 long months of fighting, a doctor in the USA who is widely known as the only OMS specialist in the entire world examined her. His rare research and tests on her would help tailor a plan to slow her disease's progression, in hopes of bringing the joy back into her life again. Sadly though, upon her return from the USA in June 2012, her doctors here at CHEO found another tumour growing in her liver. Her cancer had metastasized and her OMS is only getting worse.
Abbigail, is a fighter, she is strong and she pushes through. She kept going despite the fact that she couldn't walk, sit up or talk. She got on those ride on cars and toured the hallways from morning until night with the most infectious smile, no nurse could ignore. You would never have known at the time that she was a patient if it weren't for her IV pole following her down the halls of the oncology floor.
This sweet girl's parents won't stop until their innocent girl is no longer suffering. Please open your hearts to their journey and help us make things a little easier. These parents have both took leaves from their jobs and have two other children to consider.
Kids can't fight cancer alone!
For more detailed information on Abbigail's brave journey, her diagnoses, treatments and regular updates on how she is doing, please visit her mama's blog {www.KissesForAbbigail.com}
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Lise Lebel
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