Would you let a child die for something they can’t stop - join the fight against cancer

Hi, my name is Amelia thank you so much for showing an interest in my blog and supporting my work! In my opinion helping children with cancer is very important and needs to be addressed immediately. Every day children all over the world die of childhood cancers like leukaemia, neuroblastoma and medulloblastoma. I hope my blog will inform you more on how Children with Cancer UK helps children with this terrible illness. It’s my hope that after reading my blog you will me a lot more informed on the charity and will consider helping the charity yourself.

My cousin Bella was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia cancer at the age of three in February 2006. This is no age to deal with such an awful thing but she and her family had no choice they were pushed into the world of cancer with no warning and no way out. Bella had year’s chemotherapy,  treatment of radio theory and those are only touching on what she had to endure, there were countless operations and different types of medication. She spent most of her time in intensive care away from her family. Bella went to three different hospitals in London - Great Ormond Street, Chelsea & Westminster and St George's Hospital. Twice Bella’s family were told she had recovered and could carry on with her life but the cancer cells in her body had grown to strong. Her cancer kept on coming back. In 2010 Bella’s elder sister and only sibling made the courageous decision to donate some bone marrow from her own body to her sister as she was the only relative with the same marrow type. Octavia was only 11 years old at the time and this was a huge deal, she was extremely brave. The operation went fantastically and the family were told that after this Bella had a 98% chance of having a full recovery. Unfortunately, not long after the hospital told Bella’s parents that the treatment wasn’t working and they could not do anything to keep the cancer away. They had to make the decision to keep her on drugs even though they couldn’t save her, put her into a children’s hospice or take her home and care for her there until she died. Bella returned home for a big Christmas with all the family. Over the next months they gave Bella as many good experiences and opportunities as they could. Bella then passed away on the 19th of May 2011, her family waited up with her all night, she was a very much loved girl.

Children with cancer UK helps children like Bella and her family deal with these hard times, they provide opportunities and days out. They fund life saving research in 50 projects all over the UK. They fund hospice care, help people with financial issues, accommodation for families and even children overseas. We couldn’t do it without them. Please, you can help save lives of people like Bella by donating a small amount to Children with Cancer. To find out more go to http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/. Don’t let a child die of something that you can stop.

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