Raffle to help Child w/ Cancer

[Elizabeth]

Hello Everyone!

I am forwarding this on to you because the little girl in the picture below is the daughter of one of my dearest girlfriends. Stella has been diagnosed with cancer and as you can see she and her husband are in dire need of help. My friend Patrick has been kind enough to offer a raffle of his pottery (Great Bay Pottery, NH) in an effort to raise money for them. Every penny is donated to the family- Please consider making a donation- Mary is very close to my heart, please help me help her.

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From: Great Bay Pottery <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Oct 8, 2010
Subject: Dinnerware Raffle














Dinnerware Raffle for Stella


http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs035/1101945418794/img/69.jpg Stella

Happy, beautiful, 2 year old Stella was diagnosed with
Rhabdomyosarcoma (http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/Rhabdomyosarcoma/DetailedGuide/rhabdomyosarcoma-what-is-rhabdomyosarcoma). (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kbnbricab&et=1103737977629&s=245&e=001DcVP1IaUlesVzJ5WqgIOmclOCbMmT2KsyBfFewJh13PJ6 mlqX6chfGi-R9IeeYYTxYBZ6bF6sRYAGd_JXqeJk40IfxhA7Nl3J5mQ_5BzB3 xdKQstTL0JaWobfJAcC_uLXsEvp4Ao-URedJL8ti39LhmBx8YEkdXy2Cj4NF7bx4AMq0PknZMzzflrf06 brqc-mO2YjJpobM8WZYrJuBPL8481h7UghQeN)

Great Bay Pottery would like help our very close friends - Stella's family with the medical expenses. We are raffling two dinnerware sets - service for 6. The drawing will be November 1, 2010. Every cent collected from this raffle will go directly to Stella's family.

Visit us online (http://www.greatbaypottery.com/product_info.php?cid=108&osCsid=b1da18645207f82e9c4c823ac278ffbf) to learn how you can enter the raffle.

[Elizabeth]

Stella Update No. 1



by Elizabeth Egan-Valois (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=649637741) on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 6:51am


By purchasing our dinnerware raffle ticket(s), you're helping this 2 1/2 year old beauty fight cancer. There are still 25 tickets left and 10 days to sell them. Please help spread the word by forwarding this email

http://www.greatbaypottery.com/product_info.php?cid=108&osCsid=0561264f1d98ddb73ffed031b3e2e2af


All things considered, Stella is doing well. She had a third surgery on
September 28th to remove more muscle tissue around the tumor site, as well as a main nerve. As a result, she will walk with what's called "foot drop," meaning she can't walk normally on that foot without lifting her whole knee up or walking on her tippy toes. She'll have to wear a brace to help her walk for the rest of her life - a small price to pay to ensure all of the tumor was removed. But even after removing such a significant amount of muscle tissue, she hasn't let that slow her down at all yet.

Following, the surgery, doctors implanted a valve in her chest to facilitate chemotherapy. Stella started chemo on October 5th. The family had to spend the night in the hospital for her first treatment to see how her body would react. They'll now have to bring her for treatment every week for a year. Keep her in your thoughts in prayers in the meantime.
November 1st - Stella Update No. 2 will contain more information on Stella's condition and announce the raffle winners.





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