From a Dragonfly Mom: “Does anyone else ever wonder when enough is enough? The constant doctors appointments for all different issues. Everyone thinks R is handling it all so well because she has a smile on her face when they see her. But no one is there at night when her PTSD doesn’t allow her to sleep or the nightmares …
We have many young Dragonfly patients in the hospital right now whose parents can’t visit them because they can’t afford the gas back and forth from the hospital to work/home. I can’t imagine what it’s like to know that your child has to be an inpatient without you, or worse to be a child or teen without anyone at your …
From a Dragonfly Mom: “When my son T was diagnosed, we went from a seemingly healthy little boy to a baby in the PICU after a major surgery in a matter of 48 hours. When we were moved to the hem/onc floor, I met other families in passing, but T was so sick and experienced so many complications that we …
We have 5 years of stories…here’s one from this family: “K was having trouble with coordination, falling often, hand writing, and having headaches in the mornings. We finally took her to her pediatrician, who didn’t seem too concerned but referred us to see a neurologist, who then send us for an MRI at Children’s Hospital the next day. We had …
A Dragonfly Family who benefited from Dragonfly while in Cincinnati for treatment wrote: “The kids are so funny they point out dragonflies everywhere and people look and ask them why dragonflies are so special. We also think the ones we see are the dragonflies that have left the earth and come back to give the ones still here comfort and …
There are many non-profits doing good work, but there are also many that come and go, or that don’t make an impact. The Dragonfly Foundation is proud to celebrate 5 years of transformational programs that have made an immediate difference for young patients, families and the hospitals we serve. To view information about our size and scope, or to learn …
“Dragonfly Family, I have been meaning to write this note for some time…. In the beginning of the summer I was doing a lot of reflection on our summer last year. How hard it was to take E to the pool and watch her look so sick and deal with all the stares and whispers from people around us. In …
“It amazes me how often I notice dragonflies now,” said one of our Dragonfly wrote to us recently. “An overwhelming sense of love and peace always follows the sightings. My daughter knows she is a dragonfly too, when she sees them she tells me ‘it’s a dragonfly like me mommy.’ Who knew what started out as a blue bag to …
From: Hannah Moskowitz, Committee Chair, Sycamore High School’s Fashion For The Cure Fundraiser (FFTC) #FFTC What is FFTC? Fashion for the Cure (FFTC) is a Sycamore High School student-run committee that works to raise money and awareness for a chosen charity with monthly fundraisers at local business and a spring fashion show. The students are proud to announce that The …
From a Dragonfly Mom (reprinted with permission): “Have just had my heart ripped out of my chest and torn into sheds when a group of children just treated my cancer child like a monster and ran away from him up the stairs leaving him all alone in the playroom and when my son came to me crying for a friend …
