On June 25, 2010, our son had his “No More Chemo” party at St. Jude Children’s Hospital, at nearly 20 months of age:
These parties are one of my favorite things about life at St. Jude:
Confetti, singing and cheering aren’t what you think of when you think of a hospital. But St. Jude isn’t just any hospital. And when patients receiving chemotherapy finish treatment, we celebrate with a No More Chemo party.
For Josiah’s party, the room was full of the medical staff that had been with us on his journey. Together, we got to celebrate how far our son had come in his short life. In May 2009 when Josiah was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, we knew none of the people in the room.
By June 25, 2010, they were family. They had worked day and night, for months, to help save our son’s life. They had seen us at our lowest moments, always ready to point us toward hope.
St. Jude is in the business of hope, and these parties are one teeny tiny part of what makes it such a special place. Your generous support allows St. Jude to keep working until the ultimate “No More Chemo” party can take place — the one we’ll all throw when the threat of cancer is a thing of the past, for all children, everywhere.