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Hello everyone, welcome to my web page! My name is Julianna and I live in Winnipeg, Canada, home of Winnie the Pooh. I'm 5 years old, brown hair and brown eyes, single and a non-smoker. My turn-ons include pink clothes, Barbie toys and playing. My turn-offs are medicine and when my brother stands in front of the tv. Please stop by from time to time and see what I'm up to :-)

On September 4, 2003, the doctors told mom and dad that I have acute lymphoblastic leukemia, standard risk, pre-B cell type and put me on the CCG 1991 treatment plan protocol. Sadly, I relapsed in my treatment on December 31, 2003, and now I'm on Pretty Oncology Girls 9061 protocol...whatever that means. Oh well, as long as mom figures out my medicine and dad keeps changing the kitty litter, I'll just keep playing barbies. I have to go back to the hospital one or two times a week. The needles are NO fun at all, those ladies who always SEEM so nice always want to hold me down and stick things in my back. They don't know that I'm taking names and it's payback time when I'm not so little, mwahahaha!

I have a nice family that I take care of. There's my big brother, Nicholas. He's 7 and in grade 2. People always say to him "nice shades, dude!" because he has something called achromatopsia wrong with his eyes. That's cool though, I always kick butt hunting for Easter eggs! I also have a mom named Mary. Just before I came down with this sick blood thing, my mom quit work to go back to school (for the life of me, I can't figure out big people...going BACK to school?? did she fail or something? when I'm done kindergarten, I'm so outa there!). She's taking dental hygiene in school, and hopefully she can keep doing that, but she might just hang out with me instead, we'll see. I also have a dad named Terry, he's typing this for me as I dictate to him. He's incredibly brilliant and sexy. HEY, I didn't tell you to type that, dad! Dad's an engineer, but what he does best is lie on the floor behind me so that I have something to lean on when I'm watching Spongebob Squarepants. I also have a cat named Lulu. She's about 100 years old in kitty years. She has kitty diabetes, so she gets more needles than I do, so needles are nothing new to me.

My Nonna lives in Brandon, Manitoba, but she just moved in! HOW COOL IS THAT?! Not many kids get their grandmas cooking anytime they want!

My doctors (I've got about 50 of them) say that my prognosis has changed with my relapse (not sure what "prognosis" means, but I think it has something to do with being cute). Well, all I have to say to that is THIS!! Those same 50 doctors told me that I might lose my hair for awhile and that my cheeks might get puffy. Dad says I'll be extra cute no matter what, so don't be shy to hug me no matter what I look like! I'll get dad to update here from time to time so that you know how I'm doing.

Oh, one last thing. Mommy told me to tell you that if you don't wash your hands when you walk in your door, she'll go all Italian on you! Mommy's funny :-)

Luv,
Julianna Banana


The front panel from The Rainbow Society of Manitoba's new mailer. Just the start of my modeling career...will pose for Barbies



Due to popular demand (ok, so nobody actually asked for it, but I'm a show-off), I bring you...

Julianna Banana's Picture Page!


Picture Page #2 added Jan 17


Picture Page #3 added March 9


Picture Page #4 added May 15


RADIATION Picture Page added Sept 23/04




How To Get Julianna's Pink Wish Bracelets









Banner courtesy of Helen!


As the year came to a close, 2003 took one more swing at our family. Sadly, Julianna relapsed in her central nervous system fluid.

* CLICK HERE FOR JULIANNA'S THOUGHTS ON RELAPSING *



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Saturday, August 16, 2008 - A Blessed Life in Progress



There once was this cool Juli chick,
A lifetime ago she was sick,
Two great years have passed,
Since her last chemo blast.
A bless life is in progress, you can feel it.

You have been with me through thick and thin. You have stuck by my side through pain and through triumph. And yet I virtually disappeared off the net. I always have the best of intentions to update and share with you how life is treating me, but it’s just has not been in me...and that is a GREAT thing! It means that I’m busy concerning myself with actual 8 year old girl things. Important things like Webkinz, baking chocolate chip cookies and all-things-Hanna Montana. That was the way it was supposed to be all along, I just took a different path to get here.

May you embrace your path, no matter where it takes you.


Peace, love and ice cream,
Julianna Banana


P.S. – Despite my neglect, kind and thoughtful souls continue to check up on me. I can’t tell you how much it means to me that you do that. I really can’t. For those of you still reading this, I promise to you that I WILL update here, from time to time, just so that you can see how me and my older, but still stinky, brother are doing and what we are up to.

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Hospital Information:

The CK5 Spa / CancerCare Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Links:

http://www.lightingchildrenslives.org   Lighting Childrens Lives - Child of the Month Jaunary 2004
http://www.tumbleweedfoundation.org   Tumbleweed Foundation - Featured Child April 2004
http://www.therainbowsociety.com   The Rainbow Society- Manitoba

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http://members.shaw.ca/bananabin/links.htm


 
 

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