From a Dragonfly Mom: “E has had a hard week with her chemo. This morning she woke up more nauseated than normal, shaky and feeling like jelly. Her little legs could not support her body this morning. She stayed home and slept all day. Tuesday, she noticed her hair was falling out at school, but held on to the hope …
From a Dragonfly Patient: “I received a special birthday surprise while here at children’s for chemo from dragonfly! (I couldn’t wait, so I opened it early! :D) Thank you so very much for making a long day of chemo much better!” _______________________________________ From a Dragonfly Sister: “i love the dragonfly foundation because they gave my family hope and happiness. they …
One of our supporters researched Dragonflies February 4, 2014 at 7:54am As many of you know I’ve always loved Dragonflies…Well I did a little reading and love what I found….now to put some of it to use and learn from it: “Symbolisms of the Dragonfly: *Maturity and a Depth of character* The dragonfly, in almost every part of the world …
One of our supporters, Jenni Eilers, researched Dragonflies and this is what she wrote: As many of you know I’ve always loved Dragonflies…Well I did a little reading and love what I found….now to put some of it to use and learn from it: “Symbolisms of the Dragonfly: *Maturity and a Depth of character* The dragonfly, in almost every part …
Anne wrote: “I’M SO STINKIN PROUD OF THESE KIDS!!! Anne Petersen is a Dragonfly Volunteer and one of the leaders of Lakota West’s Beta Club. They recently volunteered at our facility and held a coin drive for us. Anne wrote this letter to the family of the participants and share the contents with us. Background on the Beta Club Fundraiser: …
Exerpt from a FB post from a Dragonfly Sister: “I love The Dragonfly Foundation because they gave my family hope and happiness. I new (sic) she was in awesome hands… Thanks for making our family so hapy (sic) and loving and joyful.”
It’s never over. Once you or a loved one receives the diagnosis of “cancer,” your world shifts and is never the same again. Many of our Dragonflies, parents, patients, spouses (remember we go to age 30), siblings and offspring (some of our patients have kids) we support are affected by during- and post-traumatic stress (PTS). Even the strongest can be …
Summary: A thank you note to CBTS/Dragonfly/Reds for the day at the Great American Ball Park (The author of the note, a Dragonfly mom, also describes what it is like to have a child with cancer.) Family forgoes Christmas gifts and instead makes donation to The Dragonfly Foundation A patient says that “You Are The Best Medicine” It’s amazing what …
One of our dragonfly families created these as a family project and they are currently at Uptown Salon in Oxford. Beautiful!!
From a Dragonfly mom: “(Dragonfly)…..you know you’ve done a good job … when they say that they are glad they had brain surgery because that is how they got to meet you ♥ Thank you for all you do!”
