Cancer

We Love Daphne!

September is National Childhood Cancer awareness month.(Not to alarm any readers, Tyler does NOT have cancer.) On May 5th 2010 Tyler's (2nd) cousin was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia. She is 3. After a small out patient procedure Daphne fainted and after further tests was diagnosed with leukemia and transferred to PCMC and more test.

She started Chemotherapy and has had 2 small stays in the hospital. She goes up for weekly treatments and so far has done very well. She has a sassy personality and pretty Blonde curly hair. She has not lost her hair yet due to the treatments.

I was able to take photos a few months ago and I was thankful Chelsie let me do it. It was a great experience.

Some random facts about Cancer:

• 1 in 4 American children will be diagnosed with cancer
• Over 12,500 kids under 15 will be diagnosed this year.
• 70-80 percent of these children go into remission and live for at least 5 more years.

Cancer is one that doesn't discriminate. It doesn't care if you are black or white, blue or green. It doesn't care if you are rich or poor. It leaves behind years of treatment, pokes and doctors.

We are thankful that Daphne is doing so well. We hope some day that no one else has to go through what she has. Stay tuned for my "Awareness" and to follow their Journey head on over to The Daily Daph!

*Please do not copy or use the photo with out permission of Chelsie ( Daphne's mom) or the photographer. *

I ♥ Faces- yellow

I haven't done a I ♥ faces for a while on this blog. I usually participate in the fix it Fridays over at my Photo blog. But I thought this photo was worth putting on this blog.

This is Daphne. She is 3. She was just diagnosed with ALL leukemia. She was diagnosed on her moms birthday. She had a small procedure in which she had a little bit of trouble and they ran a few tests and she was transferred to the local children's hospital where she was started on Chemotherapy. (Her entry explaining the diagnosis is HERE!)

Her hair is naturally curly and she has NEVER had a hair cut. Her mom asked me to take pictures of Daphne and their family before her ( the mom) and Daphne cut their hair and before Daphne losses all of hers.

Our first session was canceled because Daphne was put in the hospital. But we were able to get Daphne in some pictures that turned out pretty darn cute! Daphne's mom is my cousin so Tyler gets the chance to pray for " Fee" at night and we feel super lucky to get a chance to take her picture!

So, this is my "official" entry in the contest. For more Yellow entries head on over to I ♥ faces for more.