| A three year old girl desperately needs your help |
[25 Feb 2009|12:11pm] |
Today, I participated in a bone marrow drive for a three year old girl named Emma Mae Routh. She has Fanconi Anemia, which will lead to bone marrow failure if she doesn't find a donor soon.
The woman I spoke to when I sat down to do the test was in fact this little girl's mother. She told me that her daughter has begun to show signs of leukemia. I can't even bring myself to imagine that pain and the horror this woman lives with on a daily basis. She carries test kits with her in her purse, so she can recruit anyone who might be interested at any time.
The only thing I can do is everything in my power to help.
I can not stress this strongly enough: It was a simple test to take, and I actually went out of my way to do it; meaning I had to drive for thirty minutes, round-trip. I went to the high school library, filled out a one page form, and swabbed my cheeks so that my data can be added to the national registry. It cost me nothing aside from the 10 dollar donation I made. I would have given more, but the end of the month is always tight around here. Damn it, I should have given more.
The economy being what it is, Emma's father was laid off from his job at the oil field. I don't think this could possibly come at a worse time, as Emma's mother told me that the registry charges them $700+ dollars every month to run Emma's name through the database.
There is a fund set up for them through their church. All donations are handled by a bank, which puts money into an account that pays for Emma's medical expenses only. According to the pamphlet I got, "Any size contribution will help and will be greatly appreciated by Emma's family." Also, all donations are tax-deductible. If you can swing it, send whatever you can to:
The Emma Mae Routh Benefit Fund
C/O First State Bank
2745 South Loop 256
Palestine, Tx 75801
If you're interested in possibly becoming a donor, visit www.marrow.org or www.dkmsamericas.org.
This is Emma's website.
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Your result for Howard Gardner's Eight Types of Intelligence Test... Intrapersonal12% Logical, 20% Spatial, 41% Linguistic, 49% Intrapersonal, 8% Interpersonal, 25% Musical, 29% Bodily-Kinesthetic and 41% Naturalistic! 
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Considering we were winged by another tornado the night before last, this was a coincidental find today.
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Personally, I think it's refreshing when someone fights back.
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Awhile ago, Nelson asked for some good spousal quotes. Today, Mr InuSaga finally gave me a beauty. I thought it was freakin hilarious, anyway, but I'm easily entertained lately.
"The bad thing about a knife fighting monkey is, unless you let it win, you just have to keep buying a new one."
I'm thinking of changing my signature over at Z! to this. Seriously.
Also, the kids and I were playing around at YouTube and I found this little gem, which I personally thought to be insanely amusing. Like I said, weeeeeeird mood. Writers block has driven me batshit. Stuck, stuck, stuck. Bitching to you helps me fix it for some reason, but I have to make the post otherwise entertaining, right? Oh, and Kuririn, I'm totally stealing your swollen monkey balls and sticking them in my fic.
Here's hoping my weirdness rubs off.
InuSaga
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I'm still here!
