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Ashley Nichole Debes Septemeber 13, 1996- December 8 ,2007 Forever our little girl

Ashley with her very much loved Twinkie bunny:)
Ashley we love you and miss so very very much, thank you for choosing us to be your Mom and Dad,..

Ashley was originally DX with A.L.L, acute lymphoblastic leukemia on 4-11-00 at the age of 3 1/2 She endured 2½ yrs of chemotherapy and went OT (off treatment) on 6-9-02. Unfortunately, after 16 months OT she relapsed on 10-28-03 at the age of 7, it was decided that 2 yrs and 3 mths more of chemotherapy was needed. She went OT once again on 2-8-06. 14 months after Ashley completed her relapse protocol, 4/26/07 at the age of 10 Ashley relapsed once again in her bone marrow. Ashley received her bone marrow transplant on
Oct. 26,2007.Sadly after a long hard fight Ashley passed away on Dec. 8, 07. We miss her so very much

Ryan was DX with A.L.L on 1-10-04 at the age of 21 months, 3 months after Ashley's relapse. He finished 2½ yrs of chemotherapy on 7-31-06. He is now 12 years old and 8 years and OT (off treatment) and doing well!

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I finally got around to getting some new pictures up, in doing so I see that I stopped taking family photos for awhile, just to hard to look at without Ashley being in them, but I'm going to make sure to pick up my camera more often now :)

Did you know:

#1 - Childhood cancer is the #1 killer disease of our children, more than from asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies, and pediatric AIDS combined?

#2 - 1 in 300 children will be diagnosed with cancer before age 20?

#3 - Each year 3,000 children die and 40,000 are in treatment.

#4 - The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) federal budget was $4.6 billion. Of that, breast cancer received 12%, prostate cancer 7%; while all 12 major groups of pediatric cancers combined less than 3%!

#5 - Childhood cancer has a huge societal impact - 180,000 potential years of life are lost to it EVERY year! And 60% of survivors face long term health issues!

Journal

Thursday, May 11, 2017 6:36 PM CDT

Hard to believe that it's been 17 years April 11 that Ashley was diagnosed with leukemia. She would be 21 this September. I will always see her as my 11 year old little girl with a belly laugh that would get even the grumpiest person rolling on the floor! We sure do miss her. Dec 8 it will be 10 years since she passed away. 10 years. Time does not heal. There really isn't any healing there's just trying to survive. I have finally gotten to a place that when I think of her I think of her laughing instead of suffering, it's taken me 9 years to get there and it feels pretty good. Mother's Day is in a few days which just like all the others it's a difficult day. But thinking of all the crazy things she used to do always makes all of us laugh. I could go on and on about how loosing a child effects you, effects your family but I think I'll just end it here saying hold your kids tight, laugh at the crazy stuff and hug them when they drive you nuts they grow up way too fast to sweat the small stuff.

Ryan, he is 15 years old!!! 10 years cancer free! Only annual doctor appointments for him:)

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there.

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http://www.caringbridge.org/wi/ryan   Ryan's Website
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