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″]
“The Dragonfly Foundation is and will always be apart of my family and I’s lives forever and ever.”
A Facebook message to Dragonfly from a sister of a Dragonfly patient: “i wanted to give a shout out to the dragonfly foundation once again for helping my family when they were in the time of need. when my sister had leukemia. my hole family didnt know what to do. i was scared because she was so little and i …
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.”
Some stories from March 2014
From Ria/Christine: Besides our normal projects, in the last two weeks, we have helped a family with no insurance get crutches (yes, crutches), helped a now single mom get a job that doubled her salary and hours, helped a newly relocated family get a mortgage (huge thanks to Donna Thorman at Peoples First Savings Bank for going to the hospital …
“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 …
Thank you
FROM A DRAGONFLY MOM: “Thank you, TDF and TDF volunteers for making Parents’ Night Out so much fun! The girls had a great time, and it gave us adults a few hours to have an adult-only meal and some conversation without interruption. You are awesome!!!”
What it’s like to lose your hair… again.
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 …
Stories from February 2014
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 …
“I new (sic) that she was in awesome hands with The Dragonfly Foundation”
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.”
Post Traumatic Stress
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 …