This will be a short entry, but quite relevant to the cause at hand!  This past weekend, the dedicated staff at CURE and related families and supporters hosted a wonderful morning of exercise, fun, food and friends. 

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First a warm welcome for those of you new to our blog.  We are delighted to have you and thank you for visiting this site.  We hope you come back often! 

You may note the words of inspiration on our homepage:  “Imagine a world without Childhood Cancer.”  This goal is what we all work for and work towards. The hope held in this mantra provides us the strength to keep going during the toughest of times. 

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On Sunday, May 4, we are leading a team in a very important event - Lauren's Run, benefiting CURE Childhood Cancer.  As many of you know, childhood cancer has touched our lives closely...and has changed our lives forever. 
 

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CURE Childhood Cancer launches a new video on the importance of supporting CURE through the eyes of the doctors doing the research on a cure and 3 families that have been affected by childhood cancer.  Click here to view.

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Thank you so much for this terrific annual event. It has become a bit of a tradition for Julianne and me - keeping connected with our special little community, staying involved with things that are truly important in life, spending time with you and the CURE team. 

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I was diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukemia (AML) on January 5, 2005 when I was thirteen. Although I had very few symptoms, 95% of my bone marrow was malignant cancer. I was hospitalized the next day for my first round of chemotherapy. I stayed for over a month fighting the side effects of my various chemo drugs.

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On August 18, 2003, I walked my small son into the hospital for an MRI I was sure he didn’t need. A head CT in June for eye symptoms and headaches had come back clear, still the pediatric ophthalmologist had ordered this scan. I helped two nurses restrain him so they could start an IV in his little arm. I held him and rocked him as he screamed and fought and gradually fell asleep from the sedation meds.

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