Last year when I did St. Baldricks Ella was 6 months into her chemotherapy regiment and she had the same haircut as I did, not by choice, but by toleration. The toleration of a toxic medicine that is a reflection of our best science to attack aberrant cellular growth, which in its attack, takes out all other growing cells that makes many patients bald and extremely immune compromised.
This year I have let my hair grow longer than I have had it in years and Ella is sporting a true southern toddler mullet which makes us proud and happy. Hair represents health, especially in children, and we'll never take it for granted ever again. Especially as Kacy has had little girl hair envy for over a year now.
This year is a year when only one of us will go bald and I hope to never have the same haircut as my daughter again. Well, until she's in that awkward goth teenage phase and it becomes the "in" thing.
We need additional research and clinical trials to find better and more targeted treatments for pediatric cancer patients who are at a disadvantage in the research dollar lobby. We appreciate any amount that you can spare as it's a contribution to life extension and survival to those in our population that are most vulnerable. Thank you for reading this far.