If Cheers Could Heal, Leah Still Would Be Cured

Reprinted from the Enquirer on 10/8/14 http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/10/07/devon-still-beyond-the-stripes-cheers-leah-still/16893041/ If cheers could heal, Leah Still would be cured Cliff Radel, [email protected] 4:16 a.m. EDT October 8, 2014 (Photo: The Enquirer/Cara Owsley) 35 CONNECT 21 TWEET 1 LINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE If cheers could cure cancer, that cruel disease would have been wiped out Thursday night by the ovation given to Devon Still. The Cincinnati Bengals …

From a Dragonfly Mom: “This thank you is long past due, our son J had a right temporal lobe ependymoma brain tumor and now we have to go to his oncology appointments at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital but we live at Virginia Beach Virginia. Not only does J have to endure a 10 hour trip each way but has a two …

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Wanted: 1 Bead

The Dragonfly Foundation funds the Beads of Courage Program for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Cancer & Blood Diseases Institute. Each of the hand-blown glass beads are made right here in Cincinnati, OH at Brazee Street Studios. This weekend Brazee held a public event that also included our Dragonfly Families. Our patients were given the opportunity to make a special …

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Thank you note from a Dragonfly Mom

“I just wanted to drop a note to say I received your gifts in the mail today. Brandon and I were a part of the group for such a short time, I appreciate all the wonderful things you do for the kids and parents too. Brandon was in the hospital for all of his last months here on earth so …

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“A little thing called Dragonfly”

“Today cancer rattled my family for the second time in four short years. My younger sister, E, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I myself battled osteosarcoma in 2010-2011. I want to run away with her, away from cancer and all the ugliness it brings. I want to protect her from all the needle sticks, bouts of puking, unimaginable tiredness and …

We are working to change medical outcomes

“It has been medically shown that a positive outlook can change medical outcomes. For children who have not had the opportunity to live their life to the fullest, we must be even more dedicated to providing smiles, small wishes and quality of life as they face the challenges of their illness and their hospitalization.”