Besties

We host 5+ patient events a week… so relationships can form

One of our Dragonflies had a birthday party at her home. As any young girl would, she invited her besties. These best friends were all friends she met through Dragonfly, other kids who had endured cancer and bone marrow transplants. With an average of 5 patient/family events A WEEK, our 6,000 sq. ft. patient/family space (“The Landing“) and their hospitalizations, …

The Landing

A place to just… BE.

From a Dragonfly Mom: “Thanks to the Landing volunteers today for letting us hang out for a bit between appointments! Great to know there is a place where we can hang out and not worry about counts for awhile.” [soliloquy id=”1694″]

Reprinted with Permission

One of our Dragonfly Caregivers posted: We love that our families (including patients, their siblings/offspring and parents/caregivers) identify and refer to themselves as “Dragonflies.”  

Chemotherapy

“14 things that I learned after my son became sick”

 Source: http://thriftyhomeschoolmom.blogspot.com/2014/03/14-things-that-i-learned-after-my-son.html Tuesday, March 4, 2014 **This blog post was written by a Dragonfly mom. <3 At 26 years old, I sat in a hospital room on the Oncology floor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. I had three very young children and one was just diagnosed with cancer. At that point in my life, I thought I knew most of what …