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We miss you, Vicki!!
Thanks for visiting Team Savvy Skirts Light The Night homepage. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night Walk is the nation's night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of patients battling blood cancers and to commemorate loved ones lost.
We lost a very close Girlfriend, Vicki, to lymphoma in 2003 and our lives will never quite be the same. Vicki never really knew she was sick, or had cancer for that matter and had only been told by doctors she was anemic. Shortly thereafter, she slipped into a state of unconsciousness and passed away from what doctors later found was lymphoma. It all happened so fast, and next thing we all knew our dear Girlfriend, Vicki who was a Mom of a precious little daughter, Wife, Career Woman, Sister, Aunt, and Daughter - so much to so many people, was stricken by this horrible blood cancer and passed away in a very short time. Vicki was the picture of health in her mid 30's, and a beautiful, young, busy working mom like most women. When talking to her -- she only ever complained about the same things most women (and new moms) complain about, which was being tired and not having enough energy to do everything. But then again, she was a powerful multi-tasker...sound familiar?
The Society funds lifesaving cancer research that has contributed to major advances in the treatment of blood cancers and many other types of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and stem cell transplants that have prolonged and enhanced the lives of patients. New targeted therapies that kill cancer cells without harming normal tissue have already begun to provide drugs and procedures that are improving quality of life.
But more research is critically needed:
- Every five minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every ten minutes, someone dies.
- Leukemia causes more deaths among children than any other cancer
- More than 20,000 Americans died from lymphoma in 2006
- The survival rate for myeloma is just 33 per cent
Please make a donation to support our Light The Night Walk on October 16, 2008 and help save lives. Again, thanks for your continued support!
We miss you, Vicki!
Team Savvy Skirts
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