A family member of a fellow San Diego mom blogger, Rhea of Mommy to Three Monkeys, needs your help. Rhea’s cousin, Penny, is 11 months old and has stage 4 Neuroblastoma cancer. Her prognosis is undecided. She was born at Scripps La Jolla and is now at Children’s Hospital.
Penny had bumped her head, like most kids often do. A few days later her eyes turned black, so her parents took her to the Dr. After a battery of tests, a scan revealed “something” which the Dr. immediately thought might be Neuroblastoma. It was. Imagine taking your little girl to the Dr. and then several hours later being hit with that kind of news. According to Rhea, the “good news” is that Penny’s Neuroblastoma presented itself in the eyes which is very, very rare. Imagine, if it hadn’t.
There is not enough money to cover Penny’s treatment. Penny’s father Aaron was recently laid off, so he took out a private insurance policy with Blue Shield for Penny that covers only 60% of costs. As you can imagine, there are thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of bills coming. Some of her treatments aren’t even covered by insurance.
Rhea is organizing an online fundraiser to be held on March 19. If you are able to donate items, please contact Rhea. Cash donations are also appreciated. 100% of proceeds go toward Penny’s treatments.
Today, fellow Twitters, bloggers and others in the social media space are staging an online blitz to get the word out about Penny. If you have the ability, please participate. It’s free and it would be so, so helpful.
Please stop by www.pennies4penny.org to read more about Penny and Neuroblastoma. It’s beautifully written by Penny’s father, Aaron, and sometimes Rhea. Penny is just a baby, let’s try spread the message about Neuroblastoma and ease the burden on this poor family. Please participate today.
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Thank you SO much for this post. I appreciate it more than you know.
Rhea´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday – Too Much Trouble?
Twitter: lajollamom
March 12, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Rhea, since she was born at Scripps La Jolla I can and will post the auction information (or whatever else you have early in the week) on my Examiner.com column. Whatever I can do to help.
Twitter: Birdrockfab
March 12, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Thanks for posting and bringing our attention to Penny’s cause. My heart goes out to her and her family. I just donated and added Pennies4Penny button to my blog. Will keep them in my prayers.
Twitter: militaryfamof8
March 15, 2010 at 1:34 am
Thank you so much for this post, I will make a post later today after my migraine leaves. I can not imagine the world of stress this family is going through, thank you again.
also, thank you for the vote for my daughter’s model competition, The link has been fixed, just in case you want to try again, no pressure http://bit.ly/d9OqOG
I voted for you on #influenceSD great job!!!! I was your #222 vote, I’m running for blog of the year on #influenceSD, but have no where near your amount of votes lol, congrats!!!
Lily´s last blog ..Next Direct Children’s Model Competition for 2010 on Facebook
Twitter: doubleadventure
March 25, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Neuroblastoma is a cause very close to my heart. A dear friend of mine lost her daughter to this horrible disease when she was only two. My friends and I are working on fundraising all the time. We will be having a blog party in the next couple months. Here is the link if you are interested: http://fundraiserblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-coming-soon-to-blog-near-you.html
I will certainly spread the word about Penny.
Sharlene´s last blog ..Blogtrotting in Orange County
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