Oh… Camp Sunshine… we are so very grateful! Through the generosity and compassion of our friends at Camp Sunshine, DBA families and patients from around the world met in Casco, Maine from July 9-14, 2017. Our eleventh family meeting was a huge success! As presentations are received and approved by the presenters, they will be posted to our website here: https://dbafoundation.org/families/camp-sunshine/
Thankfully, our sweet girl functions very well with a low blood count. We couldn’t feel more blessed. There is hope!
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. – William E. Channing
As parents it is difficult to watch our son go through so much (IVs, pokes, transfusions, ER visits, steriod side effects, tests, ect.), but the resilience and toughness Elton shows each day is what gets us through.
DBA is a part of who I am… it does not define me nor will it stand in the way of my hopes and dreams.
Thank you DBAF for being there for us as we continue on this journey.
Good things come in small packages! I may be little, but I’m a fighter – DBA… no contest.
Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.
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Just wanted to say thank you. Dawn and The Board at DBAF – you are all amazing, bringing the doctors and researchers all in to one room. The medical team and researchers gave such informative talks and taught us so much – and were great fun too!The research is getting there, we have just got to keep funding it. The Yellow Shirts and staff at camp, what wonderful humans. The children had a ball! Nancy, how you manage to get a lot of strangers in a room and before you know it its a family! Truly thankful.
Best week of our lives. xx
Comment by Eileen Rix on August 25, 2017 at 3:09 pm
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