I've never cried while writing a blog before. Mind you, I’ve never written a Follow Friday blog like this before either. I need to ask you for a Follow this week that is slightly different. The person I want you to follow isn’t even on Twitter for a start.
I have a friend who has been there for me over the past few months, offering moral support, good advice and friendship, while I have been juggling everything to set up my business. She’s a very good friend. I’ve just found out that her beautiful, brave daughter, Carrie, has days left to live. She is 14, and has a rare form of cancer called T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Despite having a bone marrow transplant in 2007, she was told before Christmas she would have to endure more Chemo, have operations on her knees, and so much more. She’s a very poorly little girl, and through it all she has always thought of others before herself, never feeling sorry for herself, or allowing others to feel sorry for her. To put this in perspective, for nearly half of her short life she has suffered. Life stinks sometimes, it truly does.
I have cried, sworn, shouted and stamped my feet, but it hasn’t helped (It hasn’t made me feel any better either). I have given my own daughter extra hugs; she is only 7 and I can’t imagine a child that young having to go through any of this. I can’t imagine what it must be like for her mum, either.
As Carrie doesn’t have a Twitter page you can’t follow her so I’d like you to consider joining the British Bone Marrow Register http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/bonemarrow/
It’s easy to do, you just let them know next time you donate blood. It’s as simple as that. Both my husband and I have been on the register for years. There’s a chance that you could be a match for someone who is seriously ill. By joining the register you have the chance to save a life. It’s too late to help Carrie, but there’ll be someone else’s daughter or son, wife or husband out there who desperately needs your help.
If you would like to support Carrie, I have set up a JustGiving page in her name in support of one of her chosen charities, Clic Sargent, with all money donated in Carrie’s name, in an effort to help other children and families suffering from cancer. http://www.justgiving.com/carrier
So please, I know I have great followers, this week, I would deem it a great personal favour if you would consider joining the Bone Marrow register or make a donation to Carrie’s charity, or even both.
Thank you.