Hi Cuties, we had some sad news at church on Sunday. One of our Mainly Music family's (MM is a group of kids from babies to nearly school age children who get together and have fun with music and playing etc) little girl Josephine, died on Saturday. She was only 4. Our church family was shocked, we all knew she was ill with an incurable brain cancer, but it's still a shock when you hear it.
It's heartbreaking, as Josephine's dad is Dr Mat Dun a Medical Doctor in Cancer Researcher and has a PHD and was trying desperately to find a cure for the disease that Josie had.
Josephine had "Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG) they are highly aggressive and difficult to treat brain tumors found at the base of the brain. They are glial tumors, meaning they arise from the brain's glial tissue—tissue made up of cells that help support and protect the brain's neurons."
Josephine's mother Dr Phoebe Hindley (maiden name) is one of our local Doctor's too and has her practice just at my local Jewells shopping centre. Dr Phoebe is only 34. Phoebe has 2 other little children. I've just been reading up on the disease and all about Mat Dun and his fight for a cure. Apparently there are 19 other Australian children fighting this fatal disease.
Your famous astronaut Neil Armstrong's daughter had the same disease.
This afternoon after buying a beautiful set of FSL wings I sewed them out and will take them down to my Doctor's surgery tomorrow and leave them for Phoebe whenever she returns. I hope she likes them, love Chris
with Jesus now and he is holding her and no more cancer Amen