Forever Broken

Day 168 ~ Week 24~

5 1/2 Years after I originally shared the story below, Michael, Jake, Mike & I, had our worse fears became a reality. Now our once happy family, has become a Sad & Broken Family.

Yet, no matter how many Children Earn Their Angel Wings, Childhood Cancer Continues to Be Under Recognized & Under Funded.

Childhood Cancer Facts:

Childhood cancer research is vastly and consistently underfunded.

Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 15 in the U.S.

One in 285 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer by the time they are 20 years old.

Every year, an estimated 250,000+ new cases of cancer affect children under the age of 20 WORLDWIDE
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Two-thirds of childhood cancer patients will have long lasting chronic conditions from treatment.

Childhood cancer occurs regularly, randomly and spares no ethnic group; socioeconomic class; or geographic region. In the United States, the incidence of cancer among adolescents and young adults is increasing at a greater rate than any other age group, except those over 65 years.

Childhood cancer is not just one disease. It is made up of a dozen types and countless subtypes.

On average 20% of the 250,000 Children that are diagnosed with cancer each year WORLDWIDE, Will Not Survive. 50,000 Children WORLDWIDE OF THE 250,000 DIAGNOSED EACH YEAR, WILL NOT SURVIVE.

But I guess that is acceptable because childhood cancer still goes under funded and pharmaceutical companies will not develop drugs specifically for the many forms of childhood cancer.

Why? Here's your answer:

That is in large part due to a "practical reason", as they call it, that Childhood cancers make up less than 1 percent of all cancers diagnosed each year. That 1 percent is not much of a market for drugmakers.

But they make astronomical profits.

50,000 Childrens of 250,000, Dying, is apparently acceptable in this world.

Ashley was one of those 50,000.

My Daughter's life was worth more than any dollar amount. All of our children's lives our.

Who of you, cares to make a difference?

If you care then become part of the ASHLEY FOREVER Legacy Campaign. For more information you can contact me @ 815-922-4106 or email me @ ASHLEYFOREVERLegacy@gmail.com

I LOVE & MISS YOU SO MUCH MY SWEET BEAUTIFUL ASHLEY, MY MISSY MOO.

ASHLEY FOREVER MY HEART.....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

FFACEBOOK POST FROM 6 YEARS AGO

He was 7 1/2 years old and thought girls were icky, but she was different! They lived in the same house for two months and played whenever they could! When it was time to say goodbye he put his arm around her and said, "Mom take a picture of me and Kelsie, we are best buddies". We said all of our see ya's and headed home, Kelsie had to stay a bit longer. 6 months later he had turned 8 and we went back for a visit and we all heard the news. Kelsie had earned her "Angel Wings". I looked at his face when he heard the news, I could see in his eyes a pain I should not have seen, because at 8 you’re not suppose to know what death means. That day Michael's life was changed forever. He lost his best bud and a reality sunk in. That this cancer his sister has is not like a cold, it could take his big sister like it did his best bud! "Cancer affects the lives of everyone in the family"! One time after Ashley's checkup, Michael, who was still 8, asked how everything went and we said, "It went well, everything is good." He then pulled Mike aside and said, "Now you can tell me the truth, how is she really doing"? He was so scared that he was going to lose his sister that he had to make sure we were not lying to him! This is just one of many stories about what cancer does to everyone! This is our life! This is our reality! This is the lives of all the families who have children with cancer or any member of their family who has cancer. This is the reason I started the foundation! I can’t give my children back the childhood they lost or anything else they lost, but I can fight so that maybe we will see a day where other families will not have to go through the things that we have had to and so no child has to lose their life to this nasty disease!