1000 paper wishes
Hi. I just joined hoping you all would open your hearts and help out a woman dying of ovarian cancer. I know the info says for victims or cancer survivors, but the way I see it, you are a victim of cancer when someone you are close to is suffering. It affects everyone. One of my best friend's mother is dying and the reason for this post isn't really looking for a cure , it's looking for hope. We know there isn't much that can save Ann now except for a miracle...or 1 million paper cranes...
read on...
-The Story-
1000 Paper Wishes a project started by Ben and Emily Smith
At the end of the summer of 2003, our mother, Ann, had surgery for what appeared to be an enlarged ovary. As our father told us later, when the doctors went in, they found the site riddled with cancerous tumors. Soon after, she spent almost two weeks in the Intensive Care Unit, drugged so far out of her mind that she was flickering in and out of consciousness and mumbling about the leaf men she saw crawling out of the walls to get her. That two weeks was the most healing the incision from that surgery ever did, as the chemotherapy drugs she went on soon afterward kept it from ever closing right.
It's been almost three years now, and she's now been on every combination of chemotherapy drugs available. Some of them worked for a time, others just stopped the tumors from growing without shrinking them, but now she's grown tolerant to them all. She's gone through radiation, but to no avail, and now, all that's left is hospice. That's when they send you home and give you enough pain-killers to be comfortable during the time you have left.
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-The Mission-
The science of medicine has done all it can, so now we turn to you. I'm sure at least some of you have heard the fable behind the paper crane - If you fold 1,000 of them, the gods will be so pleased that they will grant you a wish. Add to that legend the idea of "bigger is better", and you have what 1,000 Paper Wishes is about. We want to gather a million cranes for our mother.
All we want you to do is fold a crane and send it to us. A crane folded out of a 6”x6” square fits nicely into a standard size business envelope when deflated and flattened. If you don't know how to fold a crane, there is a link below showing you in detail how to fold a crane-and a tutorial video as well! Here's the address:
1000 Paper Wishes
PO Box 164
Loganton, PA 17747
Also, don't forget to sign your crane!
We know that if the community pulls together on this one, we can have at least a million cranes in just a short time. Let’s see how many we can get!
How To Fold A Paper Crane
http://www.sadako.com/howtofold.html
Thank you so much for all your support.
-Melanie and of course The Smiths.
read on...
-The Story-
1000 Paper Wishes a project started by Ben and Emily Smith
At the end of the summer of 2003, our mother, Ann, had surgery for what appeared to be an enlarged ovary. As our father told us later, when the doctors went in, they found the site riddled with cancerous tumors. Soon after, she spent almost two weeks in the Intensive Care Unit, drugged so far out of her mind that she was flickering in and out of consciousness and mumbling about the leaf men she saw crawling out of the walls to get her. That two weeks was the most healing the incision from that surgery ever did, as the chemotherapy drugs she went on soon afterward kept it from ever closing right.
It's been almost three years now, and she's now been on every combination of chemotherapy drugs available. Some of them worked for a time, others just stopped the tumors from growing without shrinking them, but now she's grown tolerant to them all. She's gone through radiation, but to no avail, and now, all that's left is hospice. That's when they send you home and give you enough pain-killers to be comfortable during the time you have left.
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-The Mission-
The science of medicine has done all it can, so now we turn to you. I'm sure at least some of you have heard the fable behind the paper crane - If you fold 1,000 of them, the gods will be so pleased that they will grant you a wish. Add to that legend the idea of "bigger is better", and you have what 1,000 Paper Wishes is about. We want to gather a million cranes for our mother.
All we want you to do is fold a crane and send it to us. A crane folded out of a 6”x6” square fits nicely into a standard size business envelope when deflated and flattened. If you don't know how to fold a crane, there is a link below showing you in detail how to fold a crane-and a tutorial video as well! Here's the address:
1000 Paper Wishes
PO Box 164
Loganton, PA 17747
Also, don't forget to sign your crane!
We know that if the community pulls together on this one, we can have at least a million cranes in just a short time. Let’s see how many we can get!
How To Fold A Paper Crane
http://www.sadako.com/howtofold.html
Thank you so much for all your support.
-Melanie and of course The Smiths.