This is my first post to my brand new blog. This blog will be filled with everything that makes me happy, inspires me or gives me hope. I will be talking a lot about my beautiful daughter Melissa, who will be 3 years old in July. She is my real life superhero, a true inspiration. Despite her young age she has been through an awful lot. She was born 8 weeks prematurely and shortly after diagnosed as being deaf. She has a hearing disorder called auditory neuropathy. Despite it she is doing great and can now hear pretty well. We thought that a hearing disorder was bad news, when, just after her first birthday, she got very poorly. We were given the worst news possible: "Melissa has cancer". She was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, a very rare cancer in childen. She started chemotherapy right away and is still receiving daily chemo. She has had many setbacks including Guillain Barre Syndrome that left her paralysed from head to toe. Doctors weren't able to give us much hope that she would ever be able to walk again, but she has surprised us all and has now learned to walk three times! She is a very gutsy little girl, and my husband, Adam, and I are extremely proud of her everyday!
This blog won't be a hospital appointment diary, it will be about happy things! I will be talking about my dreams, finding delight in simple things and things that make me laugh out loud. It will hopefully be some sort of therapy for me and hopefully will bring some joy for the readers too. Welcome to my happy place!
My supergirl Melissa
My supergirl Melissa
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