Posted on 12/12/2014 6:03:22 PM PST by Maelstorm
FOX News - A 5-year-old Staten Island girl diagnosed with leukemia was self-conscious about her hair loss until she met a princess who looked just like her, abc7.com reported.
When Isabella Harvey was 3, she was diagnosed with leukemia, an aggressive cancer of the bone and blood marrow. Her mother, Pina Harvey, told ABC that at the time Isabella was too young to be bothered by the aesthetic side effects of her treatment, which included hair loss. But after nearly two years of fighting the cancer, Isabella has lost her hair again, and this time, she's more insecure about it. Whenever she leaves home, she insists on wearing a hat to cover her bald head.
"She's OK at the hospital. She'll wear no hat at the hospital because other kids look just like her," Harvey told ABC. "It's more when she goes places where there are people that she knows, she gets more upset and she wants her hat on.”
Harvey wanted to do something special for her daughter— namely, to show her she wasn't the only one who looks the way she does. So she contacted Gianna Nicole's Heart of Hope, a group that works with families of children battling cancer. According to ABC, Heart of Hope was collaborating with photographer Alana Hubbard and Bella Princess, an event company that orchestrates princess-themed photo shoots and parties.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxdetroit.com ...
That’s cool. There are tons of kind acts all the time, but they don’t make the news. It’s nice to see when they do. :)
Stupid blurry screen.
pictures at the link are terrific....
Yours too? Must be one of them there anomalies. ;-)
My stupid eyes are sweating.
I know what you mean. Its bad enough when adult has trials of health and life but when a child faces them it is particularly sad.
An aggressive cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Who proofreads this stuff, FOX Detroit?
Prayers up for the little sweetheart.
Yeah. :-)
It is blurring for me too....
I think my screen’s in focus?
Is your blurry too?
Nice.
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