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Me, Gina and Carolyn
After I read about families who are suffering through devastating diseases I can be found sobbing for hours in the darkness of my room. I feel the pain right through to my bones as my heart seems to sink to the pit of my stomach. It is in these times that I really understand that my family has been one of the lucky ones, I realize why I’m still here and I vow to myself to never give up and to keep on fighting.
To keep fighting for all the pain they have or will have to endure. I truly believe that everyone deserves to have the same chances I have received. And I will not stop until Cord Blood becomes a household name and is known in every country, hospital, and physicians office.
Earlier this month I had the honor of traveling to southern California and Las Vegas to promote cord blood awareness along side of Cord Blood America. In this journey I met some wonderful people and learned more then I even imagined possible.
I would like to share with you an extremely brave and passionate person I met on this trip. I sympathize with her and her beautiful family as they lost a dear loved one, a son, a brother and a sparkling spirit in Evan Cousineau. Evan lost his battle one day short of his 10th birthday and when I met his mother Gina it was clear he is still very much alive in her. Learn about Evans story- http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/evancousineau/mystory
It is stories like Evans that keep me fighting, it is mothers like Gina that I cry for and wish I could take away the pain. In honor of Evan, Gina has started a wonderful foundation- Be A Hero-Become A Donor Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to encourage people to donate blood on a regular basis. Gina is in hopes that the foundation will help provide a since of hope for other families struggling with a medical crisis. Please help support Gina and her family on their incredible life saving mission visit: http://bahbad.org/home/
Together We Can Help Save Lives,
Natalie Curry
My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!
Natalie,
I am so happy you can share your thoughts in writing. This is clearly a voice of a survivor. I am proud you have dedicated and focused your life to help others. I can relate to your feelings of pain as we have been through this together and seen the less fortunate victims not survive. Then you realize we are one of the lucky ones. You ask me before this meeting you refer to in this blog….”MOM are you going to have your little cry”? Our family, especially you has had to experience so much in this past quarter of a century. But, I know for sure we are the individuals we are today because of what we have conquered together.
We are the lucky one. Together we can help others survive.
We were very busy this trip, but I agree it was an extremely important one and I’m glad we got to share it together.
Love You,
MOM
My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!
thanks for keeping me up to date on this subject.