Heard over class 95fm that there a was fund raising drive over the weekend for a girl, Charmine. Apparently, this girl is down with 4th stage neuroblastoma and with a survival rate of only 10%. When we first heard the news, my boyfriend first comment was, "there are so many cancer patients out there, y only her?" i replied, "maybe she came from a single-parent family, and who knows, the mother herself is also down with some illness or really poor family background."

When i reach office, i went to find out more about this child to find out what is so different about her that everyone are trying to raise funds for her. Shame on me for not reading the news.

Cynthia (Charmaine's mother)'s husband had divorce her over a sms (what a coward!!) and she's now left on her own to tend to her 2 children. Thank God that her boy is healthy. This girl, Charmaine, (i shouldn't use the word poor, cos she is rich with all the love and concern from millions of people and even strangers), is down with 4th stage neuroblastoma and with a survival rate of only 10%! According to wikipedia, Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid cancer in childhood and the most common cancer in infancy, with an annual incidence of about 650 new cases per year in the US. Close to 50 percent of neuroblastoma cases occur in children younger than two years old.It is a neuroendocrine tumor, arising from any neural crest element of the sympathetic nervous system or SNS. Neuroblastoma is a solid tumor that most frequently originates in one of the adrenal glands, but can also develop in nerve tissues in the neck, chest, abdomen, or pelvis.


In order to save her daughter, the only way is to send her to New York for treatment, at a initial payment of US$350,000! Additional payments will be require for all her scans and hospitalization bills. What about her family expenses? especially with her not working, giving full attention to her dear girl, where is she going to find so much money? OMG, this is a huge sum of $ which many people are not able to come up with! BUT, Cynthia need it asap to save her daughter. what can be more worse then hearing your own child is down with a deadly form of cancer? I teared. I feel so sad. Not just Charmaine, but her mother as well. I believe any one with a heart will feel this way.

My boyfriend told me, " such is life."

Another friend of mine told me, "at least she is savvy enough to find ways to raise funds for her child, but what about those poor people in other countries? they can only wait and die. It's very depressing. Life is fragile."

Yes. It is. Life is not only fragile but also short. Cherish your love ones, put your money and time in good use. You never know what is going to happen next.


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