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Taylor Marie Watson
Welcome to Taylor's Web Page. Taylor is the daughter of John and Angi Watson and was born on August 15, 2001. This web site has been created to keep family and friends updated on Taylor's Journey. Journal Thursday, September 18, 2008 11:48 AM EST I have a friend who has joined the fight against childhood cancer. Please take a moment to view the video. If you are interested in helping, please sponsor Kristen. My friend's name is Kristen Long. Please forward this email to your friends and family. Thank you and God Bless, ~dee http://host.curesearch.org/site/TR/Walk/General?fr_id=1170&pg=entry http://host.curesearch.org/site/TR/Walk/General?px=1095183&pg=personal&fr_id=1170  Shot at 2008-08-05 In memory of Taylor Marie Special ornament remembers Taylor and helps St. Jude Hospital By Debra Minor Wilson Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — Every day, Angi Bradley is comforted by reminders of her little girl, Taylor Marie Watson, who passed away two years ago from a rare brain tumor. Taylor is everywhere. Her pictures cover the front room walls. A mound of stuffed animals, are heaped into a corner at the base of the steps leading upstairs. Taylor’s little dog Angel, a present for Christmas 2005, barks and yelps whenever she thinks Bradley isn’t paying enough attention to her. Now, in memory of Taylor and as a way to thank St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which gave Taylor so much care and help, Bradley is selling customized Christmas bulbs featuring Taylor, with all profits going to the Memphis facility. The “Loving Memory Ball” ornaments are being made by All in Stitches and More, said Lyn Halapy of the Morgantown store. The ornaments may feature full-color photos of just about anyone or anything, she said. The shop also offers customized embroidery, screen printing, Christmas bulbs and more than 750,000 products on which to print logos, including work or sports uniforms, and others. She and Bradley met at a radiothon. “I wanted one of Taylor for myself and my family,” Bradley said. Taylor’s ornament features three pictures of her, at ages 1, 2 and 4, decorated with balloons and balls. She passed away three weeks after her 4-year-old picture was taken. The ornaments will sell for $15, with $5 going to St. Jude for cancer research. Taylor’s problems began when she was just 2 and a half. She kept clutching at her right ear. Probably an ear infection, her parents thought. Kids get them all the time. But when she started staggering, her doctor knew something far worse was wrong with the little girl. He was right. On Jan. 5, 2005, she was diagnosed with two medulloblastoma tumors on right side of brain. Surgeons were able to remove one. Later than month, she made the first of many trips to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., the only hospital in the country dedicated to treating pediatric cancer. She was later diagnosed with an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, a very rare and very aggressive brain tumor. Little Taylor underwent 20 weeks of chemotherapy from February to August 2004, followed by six weeks of radiation and then check-ups every two to three months. In August 2005, the tumor returned. And although she took more chemotherapy, in March 2006, the doctors said there was nothing more they could do. She passed away in her mother’s arms at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29, 2006. She left behind her mother, maternal grandparents Palma and Charles Bradley of Beckley, and her father, John Watson Jr., and paternal grandparents, Norma and John Watson Sr. Read about her struggle with cancer at www.caringbridge.org/wv/taylor. “It’s still tough,” Bradley said. The special days are the worst ... holidays, Taylor’s birthday, the date she passed away. “I wonder why this happened.” Bradley wants to help St. Jude the most that she can. She helps with St. Jude’s Dream Home Giveaway in Charleston and is a Partner in Hope, giving monthly donations to help fund pediatric cancer research. “Anything they ask me to do, I’ll do,” she said. “They’re doing continuous research to cure the cancers these children have. If it were not for St. Jude, a lot of cancers these children have, there’d be no cure. “If you have a family, young or older children, or grandchildren, you should consider giving to St. Jude,” she said. “This could happen to anyone. Cancer has no regard for race, nationality or age. “There are no words I can say about St. Jude. They’re awesome, very caring and helpful. Taylor never saw St. Jude as a place where something bad could happen to her. She was even Patient of the Month in August 2005. “They concentrate on the child and families, too. They were family to me and my daughter. “St. Jude is awesome. There was no better place we could take her. The doctors and nurses there are wonderful. It takes a special person to care for children. “They did all they could, but it’s just something that happens. But it’s heartbreaking. I wish things had been different.” “Taylor Marie was lovable and happy,” her mom said. “She never met a stranger. She loved to hug and kiss you on the mouth, no matter who you were. “And for all the things she went through, up to the end she was still the Taylor we knew and loved. “I have every single toy of hers. They’re in storage now. I’m still not ready to get rid of her things,” she said. “And her room has not changed.” She’s also comforted by Angel, the little dog she’d given Taylor one Christmas. “Angel’s my baby,” Bradley said. “She was born Aug. 21 and Taylor’s birthday is Aug. 15, 2001. She was a part of Taylor. She loved that dog. She slept and played with her.” She made a collage — “Never a Day not in Our Thoughts” — filled with photos of Taylor from just about every minute of her life. To purchase an ornament, call Bradley at 363-6143 or “All in Stitches” at 983-7848. You may find the original article at... http://www.timeswv.com/archivesearch/local_story_136193259.html Hospital Information:
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