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Elizabeth Hope 
Welcome to Elizabeth's Web Page. It has been provided to keep friends and family updated about Elizabeth's battle with Leukemia (ALL).
Elizabeth was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) on November 30, 2001. She finished her 2 1/2 years of chemo on June 1, 2004. Please keep her in your thoughts & prayers that she will remain in remission forever.
Did you know that...
Each day, 46 children are diagnosed with cancer in the US.
ONE in every 330 American children develop cancer before the age of 20.
Each year in the U.S. over 12,600 children will be diagnosed with cancer.
Childhood cancer is the #1 disease killer of American children - more than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, AIDS and muscular dystrophy combined!
80% of children have metastatic disease at time of diagnosis as compared to only 20% of adults.
Treatment of childhood cancer is intense and typically involves:
Surgery - Radiation - Chemotherapy
There are currently more than 270,000 childhood cancer survivors in the US.
Late effects of childhood cancer treatment are common in survivors, and approximately one-third are moderate to severe.
-Nuro-cognitive deficits (often loss of 10-50 IQ points)
-Heart failure
-Pulmonary fibrosis
-Treatment-induced secondary cancers
-Cataracts
-Hearing loss
-Endocrine abnormalities
-Loss of health care coverage (pre-existing condition when they reach adulthood)
Although cure rates are steadily increasing, 35% of children will die
Please support childhood cancer reasearch
Journal
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:55 PM CDT Hey guys,
I just started a drama class Monday. It was so fun! It was with my home school group. At first I didn't want to go, but it turned out it was so, so awesome. The coach for the class is a guy who was the drama teacher at St. Ignatious in Mobile.
I am also starting an archery class on the 25th of this month. The teacher for that is a three time world champion in archery. The class on the 25th is actually where I go and see if it is something I would be interested in.
Exactly a week ago, Rachel was outside playing in the yard, and she heard something whimpering by our barn. So, she went over to this half built chicken coop of ours, and she saw a puppy. It is black from it's nose to its legs, but the tip of her tail is white, she has white paws with black faded dots, and I think she has a dot by her eye. She is going to be something like a lab, but Cort took her to his baseball practice with my aunt Kim, and two people said that she looked like a border collie. I love collies. I am not sure if we are keeping her, but she is so sweet. She is teething so she keeps on chewing things. I just am not sure if we are keeping her, but if any of ya'll want her, you can call my Mom and check with her. She looks healthy, but Mom thinks someone dropped her off or she ran away. We drove around our community, and no one claimed her.
Update later,
Elizabeth Hope
(H) 251-973-9200
(C) 251-599-4043
PS
The numbers are for the puppy! She is completely FREE!
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Links: http://www.candlelighters.org Childhood Cancer Foundation
http://www.caringbridge.org/la/ashton
http://www.caringbridge.org/ok/tyler.king
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